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THERAPEUTIC KEY; 

OR, 

PRACTICAL GUIDE 

FOR THE 

HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENT 

OF 

ACUTE DISEASES. 

BY 

I. D. JOHNSON, M. D. 



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PREFACE. 



THIS little volume is simply what its title indicates, 
a " Practical Guide" to aid the memory of the 
practitioner at the bed-side. 

The necessity for a work like this must be apparent 
to every Homoeopathic physician, even of limited ex- 
perience. The fact that many of our distinguished 
practitioners carry with them, in their daily rounds 
of practice, the larger works to refer to, clearly indi- 
cates the necessity that exists for a book of this kind. 
Therefore, it is to supply this deficiency that I now 
offer this little volume to the Profession, as the fruit 
of my humble effort. It has been written at irregular 
and interrupted intervals, amid the pressure of other 
cares, and is the result of many years' experience, 
observation, and study. In its preparation I have 
consulted the best recent and ancient authorities in 
our English and American Homoeopathic literature, 
and have carefully selected from their rich treasury 
most of the material it contains. I have given only 
such symptoms and indications for the exhibition of 
remedies as have withstood the practical test of expe- 
rience. Most of these symptoms have been expressly 
set forth as characteristics, or key-notes, by Professors 
Guernsey, Herring, Lippe, Raue, and others, who 
regard them as preeminently requisite in determining 
the choice of the remedy. For this reason I have 
marked these characteristic symptoms with a star (*), 
to denote their distinctive value. It is not intended, 

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iv PREFACE. 

however, that they should determine the choice of the 
remedy to the exclusion of others, as every symptom 
possesses a relative value which must correspond with 
those of the individual case. The symptoms marked 
in italics are likewise characteristic of the remedies, 
but in a less or subordinate degree. 

With respect to the remedies themselves, they have 
been arranged under the head of each particular dis- 
ease, in alphabetical order, and many new ones have 
been added, which will be found to disclose important 
symptoms not met with elsewhere. 

The diseases have likewise been arranged in alpha- 
betical order in the body of the work, as well as in 
the Contents, and can therefore be consulted with the 
greatest facility. 

For convenience, it is desirable that a book of this 
kind should be made to occupy as little space as pos- 
sible, and for this reason I have considered only acute 
diseases, or that class requiring prompt treatment, and 
which does not admit of time to consult larger works 
at the office. A chapter, however, has been devoted 
to the treatment of " Poisoning," and also one on "Ap- 
parent Death from Drowning," " Suffocation," &c, 
which will be found of great practical importance to 
the junior, as well as to the older members of the 
Profession. 

In conclusion, I may say that it has been my earnest 

endeavor to make this little volume one of practical 

utility. How far I have succeeded in the execution 

of this design, I leave to the just decision of those 

who are qualified to judge. 

I. D. JOHNSON. 

Kennett Square, Pa., 
July, 1871. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 

Abortion 123 

Abscess 7 

After-pains..... 8 

Amenorrhoea 10 

Aphtha? 12 

Apoplexia 14 

Apparent Death 16 

from Cold 16 

from Drowning 16 

from Hanging... 16 
from Lightning 16 

from Foul Gas... 16 

Arthritis 17 

Asthma 19 

Atrophy of Children 22 

Bronchitis 24 

Burns and Scalds 27 

'atarrh 28 

Cholera 31 

Cholera Morbus. (See Chol- 
era.) 31 

Cholera Infantum 33 

Colic 38 

Constipation - 42 

Convulsions 161 

Cough 46 

Croup 51 

Cystitis 53 

Delirium Tremens..... 57 

Dentition 59 

Diarrhoea 64 

Diphtheria 70 

Droning IS 

Dysentery 72 

Dysmenorrhcea 76 

Dyspepsia 78 



PAGE 

Enteritis 83 

Erysipelas 84 

Fever and Ague 101 

Flooding 121 

Gastritis 86 

Gout. (See Arthritis.) 19 

Headache 88 

Heart, Diseases of 136 

Hemoptysis 93 

Hemorrhoids 94 

Hepatitis 97 

Hooping-cough 139 

Hydrocephalus 100 

Icterus 107 

Inflammation of the Bladder 53 

of the Bowels.. 83 

" of the Brain.... 81 

of the Eyes 134 

" of the Kidneys 128 
" of the Liver... 97 
" of the Lungs... 144 
" of the Stomach 86 
Intermittent Fever 101 

Jaundice 107 

Labor 109 

Leucorrhcea 110 

Measles 113 

Menorrhagia 115 

Metritis 118 

Metrorrhagia 121 

Miscarriage 123 

Morning Sickness 125 

Mumps 127 

V 



VI 



CONTENTS. 



Nephritis 128 

Neuralgia 130 

Ophthalmia 134 

Pericarditis 136 

Peritonitis 83 

Pertussis 139 

Pleurisy 142 

Pneumonia 144 

Poisoning 147 

by Acids 147 

by Alkalies 147 

by Antimony 147 

by Arsenic 147 

by Cantharides 148 

by Charcoal-gas.... 148 
by Corrosive Subli- 
mate 148 

by Copper 148 

by Iodine 148 

by Laudanum 148 

by Lead 148 

by Morphium 148 

by Nitrate of Silver 148 

by Opium 148 

by Phosphorus 149 



PAGE 

Poisoning by Prussic Acid... 149 
" by Strammonium 149 

" by Strychnine 149 

Profuse Menstruation 115 

Puerperal Convulsions 149 

Puerperal Fever. (See Metri- 
tis) 118 

Quinsy ; 164 

Rheumatism 151 

Rubeola 113 

Scarlatina 156 

Small-pox 159 

Spasms 161 

Suppression of the Menses... 12 
Sun-stroke... 163 

Tonsillitis 164 

Toothache 165 

Typhoid Fever. 169 

Variola 159 

Worm Affections 175 

Yellow Fever 176 



PRACTICAL GUIDE 

IN THE TREATMENT OF 

ACUTE DISEASES. 



ABSCESS. 
Therapeutics.- Special indications. 

Aeon. The tumor is swollen, red, and shining. 
Violent cutting pains: the parts burn, as from hot 
coals. Great nervous and vascular excitement. * Gets 
desperate about the pain, and declares that something 
must be done. * Great fear and anxiety of mind. Ag- 
gravation in the evening, and during the night. 

Ars. The abscess threatens to become gangrenous, 
and is accompanied with great debility. * Violent 
burning pains ; the parts burn like fire. Restless toss- 
ing about. - Great thirst, but can drink but little. 
Aggravation during rest, and better by motion. 

Asafcetida. The abscess discharges a thin, fetid 
pus: is very painful to contact, especially the sur- 
rounding parts. * Pains, with numbness of the affected 
parts. Nervous, hysterical, scrofulous individuals. 

Bell. The tumor is much swollen, hard, and of an 
erysipelatous appearance. Pressing, burning, sting- 
ing or throbbing pains. * Pains which appear sud- 
denly and leave as suddenly. * The parts have a 
hot, dry sensation, with much throbbing; they get 
worse about 3 p. M. Mammary abscesses. 

Bryonia. Mostly in the beginning, when the ab- 
scess is hard, swollen, and feels heavy. The tumor 
alternates in color, and is either very red or very 
pale. * Stitching pains, aggravated by the slightest 
motion. * Hard, dry stools, as if burnt. 

7 



8 AFTER-PAINS. 

Hepar. * Where suppuration is inevitable. Throb- 
bing pains, frequently preceded by a chill. Scrofulous 
persons, and after the abuse of mercury. 

Ledum. In the early stage, when the abscess is 
distended and hard. * Stinging and tearing pains, 
aggravated by heat. Tensive, hard swelling, with tear- 
ing pains. 

Mezer. Abscesses that occur in fibrous and ten- 
dinous structures, or where they arise from the abuse 
of mercury. Stinging and throbbing pains, worse at 
night and from contact or motion. 

Puis. The abscess bleeds easily, with stinging or 
cutting pains. Violent itching, burning, and stinging 
in the periphery of the abscess. Pus copious and 
yellow. After violent and long continued inflamma- 
tions. * Mild, tearful persons ; they weep at every- 
thing, be it good or bad. 

Rhus tox. Especially for abscesses of the axillary 
or parotid glands. Stinging and gnawing pains in 
the tumor, which is very painful to touch. Discharge 
of a bloody-serous matter. * Pain worse during rest, 
and relieved by moving the affected parts, 

Silicea Where suppuration is imminent, or in 
cases where the discharge becomes fetid, thin, and 
watery, Several fistulous openings form, which are 
very slow to heal. * In whitlow, where the pain is 
intense and the swelling unabated. 

Sulph. Inveterate cases, when there is a profuse 
discharge of matter, with emaciation, hectic fever, &c. 
Where there is a constant tendency to a return of the 
disease. Scrofulous persons who are frequently 
troubled with boils. * Psoric diathesis, * Lean 
persons who walk stooping. 



AFTER-PAINS, 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Arnica. Sore feeling all through the patient as if 
from a bruise. The pains are not very violent, but 
there is a bruised sore feeling, with pressure on the 
bladder and retention of urine. 



AFTER-PAINS. 9 

Bell. * Severe bearing-down pains, as if all would 
be forced through the external organs. * The pains 
come on suddenly, and leave just as suddenly. Ful- 
ness and great tenderness of the abdomen. Sleepi- 
ness, but cannot sleep. 

Bryonia. * The pains are of a stitch-like charac- 
ter, and are excited by the least motion. The patient 
is exceedingly irritable. 

Cham. Great nervous excitement, with restless 
tossing about. The pains are very distressing, and 
she becomes almost furious. * Very impatient, can 
hardly answer one civilly. Dark lochial discharge. 

CofiF. Great sensitiveness, with general excitabil- 
ity. * Violent pains, driving her almost to despair. 
Extreme wakefulness. 

Cup. acet. * Terrible cramping pains, often ac- 
companied with cramps in the extremities. Spasms, 
with nausea and vomiting. 

Ignatia. The pains are cramp-like and pressing, 
resembling labor pains. * Sadness and sighing, with 
an empty feeling at the pit of the stomach. 

Nuz vom. When the pains are aching and more 
like colic. Violent contractive pains in the uterus. 

* Every pain causes an inclination to go to stool. 
Much pain in the small of the back, worse by turning 
in bed. 

Puis. Severe colicky pains extending to the back. 
The pains grow worse towards evening. Bad taste in 
the mouth, with desire to vomit. * Persons of a 
mild, tearful disposition. Thirstlessness, 

Secale cor. Excessive uterine contractions, which 
are long continued. * In thin, feeble, scrawny fe- 
males, or women who have borne many children. 
Thin, offensive lochial discharge. 

Sulph. Flashes of heat, and frequent weak, faint 
spells. Feet either cold or burning hot, particularly 
in the soles. * Constant heat in the top of the head. 

Sulph. acid. Great sense of general weakness. 

* A sense of trembling all over, without absolute 
trembling. Profuse perspiration, with great debility. 



10 AMENORRHEA. 



AMENORRHEA. 

Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aconite. If the suppression is the result of direct 
application of cold. Congestion of blood to the head 
or chest, with flushed face. Shooting and beating 
pains in the head, with delirium or stupefaction. 

* Vertigo with faintness on rising from a recumbent 
position. 

Arsen. Pale waxen color of the face. Great 
prostration of strength from the least exertion. Loss 
of appetite ; sadness and melancholy. Fear of death 
and of being left alone. Much chilliness ; wants more 
clothes on, or to be near the fire. * Intense thirst, but 
drinks little. * Sufferings all worse after midnight. 

Bell. Throbbing headache at the approach of each 
menstrual period. Red face, with determination of 
blood to the head when stooping. * Bearing-down 
pain in the hypogastrium as if the menses would ap- 
pear. * She cannot bear light or noise. 

Bryonia. Swimming in the head, with painful 
pressure in the temples. Bleeding of the nose, and 
bursting headache. Drawing pains in the lower part 
of the abdomen. * Hard, dry stools as if burnt. 

* Symptoms all worse by the least motion. 

Calc. carb. Scrofulous, rickety subjects. The 
menstrual period is preceded by swelling and soreness 
of the breasts, headache, colic, shiverings, and leucor- 
rhcea. * Cold, damp feet, and swelling at the pit of 
the stomach. * Dizziness on going up-stairs. 

Causticum. Yellow, discolored complexion. 
Weakly, scrofulous subjects with glandular swellingsr 
Melancholy mood ; she looks on the dark side of 
everything. Hysterical spasms and pinching pain in 
the sacrum. Leucorrhcea particularly at night. 

Cham. Pressure towards the genital organs, like 
labor-pains. Cutting colic, and drawing in the thighs 
previous to a menstrual period. * She is very irrita- 
ble, can hardly answer one civilly. * One cheek red 
and the other pale. Passing of large quantities of 
colorless urine. 



AMEXOEEHCEA. 11 

China. Pale, sickly complexion. Weakness of 
digestion ; fulness and distention of the abdomen, par- 
ticularly after eating, * Debility from loss of animal 
fluids 

Cocculus. Leucorrhcea in place of the menses. 

* During the menstrual period, she is extremely weak. 
Sometimes a few drops of black blood are discharged. 
Nervous hysterical subjects. 

Coloc. Amenorrhcea from anger and silent grief. 

* Severe colicky pains which compel one to bend 
double. Great anguish and restlessness. 

Conium. Much vertigo, particularly when lying 
down, or when turning over in bed. * At every men- 
strual effort, the breasts enlarge, become sore and 
painful. Much difficulty in voiding urine ; it inter- 
mits in its flow. 

Crocus. Sensation as if the menses would appear, 
with colic and dragging down in the direction of the 
pudendum. * Sensation of something moving in the 
abdomen. Discharge of thick, black, stringy blood 
from the nose. 

Duic. Amenorrhcea from exposure to cold, or from 
getting wet. * At each menstrual period a rash 
shows itself upon the skin. Every time she takes cold 
has urticaria or some other eruption on the skin. 

Graph. Suppression of the menses, with a sense 
of weight in the arms and lower extremities. An oc- 
casional show of the -menses, the discharge being very 
pale and scant. Swelling and coldness of the feet. 

* Eruptions on the skin oozing out a sticky fluid. 
Kali carb. Amenorrhcea, with anasarca and 

ascites. Pains in the abdomen resembling false labor- 
pains. Shortness of breath and violent palpitation 
of the heart. * Little sac-like swelling over the 
upper eyelid, in the morning. 

Lyco. Chronic suppression of the menses ; also 
from fright. Sour eructations, with nausea and vomiting. 
especially in the morning. Great fulness in the stomach 
and bowels. * Red, sandy sediment in the urine. 

Nuz mos. Suppression of the menses from ex- 
posure to wet, with severe pains in the abdomen. 

* Irregular menstruation, blood thick and dark. 



12 APHTHA. 

Sleepiness and inclination to faint. * Great dryness of 
the tongue, particularly after sleeping. Pain in the 
back as if broken and bruised. Enormous distention 
of the abdomen after eating. 

Pulsatilla. Suppression, especially from getting the 
feet wet. Aching pains over the forehead, with pres- 
sure on the vertex. Vertigo, with buzzing in the 
ears. Stitching toothache, the pains suddenly shift 
from one side to the other. Palpitation of the heart 
Pain in the stomach, with nausea and vomiting. 

* Constant chilliness even in a warm room. * Per- 
sons of a mild tearful disposition, with a tendency to 
sadness. Symptoms all worse in the evening. 

Sepia. Frequent paroxysms of hysteric or nervous 
headache. Toothache, with great sensitiveness of the 
dental nerves. * Sallow complexion or dingy spots 
on the face. Nervous debility and great disposition 
to sweat. * Painful sensation of emptiness at the pit 
of the stomach. 

Sulphur. Aching and tensive pain in the head, 
especially from the occiput to the neck. Rush of 
blood to the head, with a whizzing noise in the brain. 

* Constant heat in the top of the head. Pale, sickly 
complexion, blue margins around the eyes. Frequent 
weak, faint spells through the day. * She gets very 
hungry about 11 a. m., cannot wait for her dinner. 
Great nervous debility, especially in the lower ex- 
tremities. 

Verat. alb. Nervous headache at every menstrual 
period, with hysterical symptoms. Pale, livid face, 
and cold sweat upon the forehead. Cold hands, feet, 
and nose. * Great weakness, with frequent spells of 
fainting. 



APHTHiE. 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aconite. Dry, hot skin, with much heat about 
the head. Constant restlessness, cries much, bites its 
fist, and has a green, watery diarrhoea. * Excessive 
sensibility to the least touch. 



APHTHA. 13 

Arsen. The mouth is relJish-blue, and inflamed. 
Fetid smell from the mouth ; great restlessness. 
* Green, watery diarrhoea, attended with great weak- 
ness. 

Borax. Red blisters on the tongue, as if the skin 
were pulled off. Shrivelling up of the mucous mem- 
brane. The child cries when taking the breast as if 
in pain. Light yellow slimy stools. * Fear of fall- 
ing from a downward motion. 

Calc. C. Scrofulous children, especially during 
dentition. * Large, open fontanelles. Hard, undi- 
gested stools of a light color. * Cold, damp feet. 

Cham. Child starts and jumps much during sleep. 
Wants different -things, and rejects them when pre- 
sented. * Very uneasy, and must be carried all the 
time. 

Mercurius. Tongue inflamed, swollen, and ul- 
cerated on the edges. The gums bleed, and incline 
to ulcerate about the teeth. Very fetid breath. * Pro- 
fuse secretion of saliva in the mouth. Dysenteric 
diarrhoea, with griping and tenesmus. 

Nitric ac. Mouth full of fetid ulcers, with putrid 
smelling breath. * Ptyalism of a corrosive nature, 
causing fresh ulcers to break out on the lips, chin, or 
cheeks. Bleeding of the gums. Particularly if there 
should be a syphilitic discrasia. 

Nux vom. If the disease assumes the character 
of stomatitis. Painful swelling of the gums, with 
burning or beating pains. Fetid ulcers or blisters in 
the mouth, on the gums, palate, or tongue. * Con- 
stipation, with frequent urging to stool. Irritable 
mood. 

Staph. Spongy excrescence on the gums and in 
the mouth. Vesicles under the tongue. Mouth and 
tongue ulcerated and covered with blisters. Sickly 
complexion, with sunken cheeks, hollow eyes sur- 
rounded with blue margins. * The aphthous patches 
seem to bleed easily, and the gums are spongy. 

Sulphur. Thick whitish or brownish aphthous 
coating on the tongue. Blisters and aphthae in the 
mouth, with burning and soreness, especially when 
eating. Ptyalism or bloody saliva. Acrid, slimy or 



14 APOPLEXIA. 

greenish diarrhoea excoriating the parts. * The child 
does not take its usual long nap, but wakens often. 

Sulph. ac. The mouth appears very painful, and 
the child is very weak. Vesicles on the inner side of 
the cheeks ; ulcers on the gums. Profuse flow of 
tasteless saliva. * Diarrhoea with great debility, and 
inclination to sweat. 



APOPLEXIA. 

Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aconite. Congestion of blood to the head, with 
heat and redness of the face. Eyes red, sparkling, 
and prominent, with dilated pupils ; fixed look. 
Paralysis of the tongue, with trembling, stammering 
speech. Great difficulty in swallowing. Pulse full and 
hard, but not intermittent. 

Arnica. Head hot, while the rest of the bod}' is 
cool. Paralysis of the limbs, especially the left side. 
Loss of consciousness, with stupefaction and stertor- 
ous breathing. Staring eyes and contraction of the 
pupils. * Sighing, muttering, and involuntary dis- 
charge of faeces and urine. 

Baryta c. Apoplexy of aged persons, and those 
of intemperate habits. Paralysis of the limbs (right 
side). Disturbed consciousness, with childish gesticula- 
tions and inability to keep the body erect. 

Belladon. Face swollen, bluish, and dark-red. 
Distention of the veins of the head and neck * Visi- 
ble throbbing of the carotid and temporal arteries. 
Drowsiness with loss of consciousness and of speech. 
Paralysis of the limbs, especially of the right side. 
* Mouth drawn to one side; difficult or impossible 
deglutition. * Loss of sight, smell, and speech. In- 
voluntary emissions of urine. 

Cocc. The paroxysm is preceded by a stupid 
feeling in the head, and vertigo. Convulsive motions of 
the eyes. Paralysis, especially of the lower limbs, with 
insensibility. * Head and face hot, feet cold. 

Hyos. * Sudden falling down with a shriek. 



APOPLEXIA. 15 

Loss of consciousness and of speech ; foam at the 
mouth. Constriction of the throat, and inability to 
swallow. Brown-red, swollen face, and staring dis- 
torted eyes, with dilatation of the pupils. Paralysis 
of the bladder and sphincter ani. * Twitching and 
jerking of all the muscles in the body. 

Lachesis. Apoplexia with paralysis of the left 
side, and coldness of the hands as if dead. Mouth 
drawn to one side, mostly to the left. Attack preceded 
by frequent absence of mind or vertigo. * Cannot 
bear anything to touch his neck. Entire inability to 
swallow. 

Nux vom. The paroxysm is preceded by vertigo 
with headache and buzzing in the ears, or nausea 
with urging to vomit. Swelling and redness of the 
face. Stupefaction, with stertorous breathing. * Pa- 
ralysis of the lower jaw, and often the lower ex- 
tremities, which are cold and without sensation. 
Habitual constipation. Persons of sedentary habits, 
who live upon highly seasoned food and stimulating 
drinks. 

Opium. * The patient lies in a state of sopor and 
unconsciousness, with half open eyes and dilated pu- 
pils. Redness, bloatedness, and heat of the face. 

* Respiration labored, snoring and rattling. Convul- 
sive motions of the extremities, or tetanic stiffness of the 
whole body. Slow pulse. 

Hydroc. ac The features are spasmodically dis- 
torted, the eyes fixed and turned upwards. Pupils 
immovable ; breathing stertorous, and pulse almost 
imperceptible. * Paralysis of the oesophagus ; fluids 
pass down into the stomach with a gurgling sound. 

Laurocerasus. Sudden attack of apoplexia where 
the patient falls down without any precursory symp- 
toms. Eyes staring, or lightly closed ; pupils dilated, 
or contracted and immovable. Slow, feeble, moaning, 
or rattling breathing. 

Pulsatilla. Stupefaction and loss of consciousness. 
Bloated and bluish-red face. Loss of motion, violent 
palpitation of the heart, and almost complete suppres- 
sion of the pulse. Restless sleep and tossing about. 

* Persons of a mild tearful disposition. 



16 APPARENT DEATH. 



APPARENT DEATH. 

Treatment. In asphyxia from Cold, always place 
the body in a cold room, and cover it with snow, or 
bathe it in ice-cold water until the limbs become soft 
and flexible, then place it in a dry bed and rub briskly 
with flannel, at the same time try to induce artificial 
respiration by Dr. Hall's method, explained under the 
head of "Asphyxia from Drowning." As soon as 
there are signs of returning life, give small injections 
of coffee without milk, and if the patient can swallow, 
give him spoonful doses of coffee to drink. 

For the severe burning pains which usually follow 
resuscitation from intense cold: Aeon., Ars., Carb. 
veg., or Bryo., will be found sufficient. 

Asphyxia from Drowning : " Place the body in a 
horizontal position, face down, with one wrist under 
the forehead. Now, with one hand upon the back 
and the other upon the abdomen, press gently for 
about two seconds, then turn the body well upon its 
side, and after a couple of seconds place it again upon 
the face and repeat the pressing as before ; in this 
way strive to induce artificial respiration by the alter- 
nate pressure upon the abdomen and rotation of the 
body." Meantime have the limbs rubbed briskly up- 
ward, and the wet articles of clothing replaced by dry 
warm ones from the bystanders. 

In addition to the mechanical means resorted to, a 
dose of Laehesis may be placed upon the tongue, or 
administered as an injection. Tartar em. is also a 
valuable remedy in these cases. 

Asphyxia from Hanging, Choking, &c. En- 
deavor to induce artificial respiration by the same 
method as recommended for drowning, and give 
Opium or Tartar em. by injection. 

Asphyxia from Lightning. Place the patient im- 
mediately in a freshly made opening in the ground, in 
a half sitting posture, with his face toward the sun, 
and cover him all over with fresh earth. Give Nux 
vom, as soon as there are any signs of returning life. 

Asphyxia from Carbonic-acid Gas. Bathe the 



ARTHRITIS. 17 

patient with vinegar, and let him inhale the vapor ; 
apply cold water to the head and warmth to the feet. 
If there is congestion to the head, loss of conscious- 
ness, throbbing of the carotids, and red, bloated 
face, give Belladonna. If the face is purplish and 
swollen, with soporous sleep, stertorous breathing, and 
vomiting, give Opium. If the patient is very much 
excited, talks much and rapidly, complains of shooting 
pains, or if it seems to him as if he were flying, feels 
giddy when lying down, give Coffea. 



ARTHRITIS. 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aconite. Synochal fever. The parts affected are 
swollen, red, and shining. Tearing or stitching pains, 
less when moving the parts. * The pains are intoler- 
able at night, the patient becoming desperate. Ag- 
gravation from the use of wine or other stimulants. 

Arnica. Hard, red swelling of the joints, particu- 
larly of the knee. Violent pains as if sprained or 
contused, with a sensation as if resting upon something 
hard. * Great fear of being struck by persons coming 
near him. Aggravation by moving the parts. 

Arsen. Swelling "of the feet, hot, shining, with 
burning red spots. * Burning pains — the parts burn 
like fire. Wants to be in a warm room. Great an- 
guish, restlessness, and fear of death. Intense thirst, 
but drinks little. Symptoms all worse at night, par- 
ticularly after midnight. 

Bell. Wide-spreading redness and swelling of the 
parts, like erysipelas. * Stitching, burning, and 
throbbing pains, which come on suddenly and leave 
as suddenly. Throbbing headache. * Sleepiness, 
but cannot sleep. Symptoms all worse at 3 p. m. 

Bryonia. Red or pale tensive swelling, particu- 
larly of the joints. * Stitching, tearing pains, aggra- 
vated by motion and relieved by rest. * Patient 
wants to remain perfectly quiet. Extremely irritable ; 
2* 



18 ARTHRITIS. 

everything makes him angry * Dry, hard stools, as 
if burnt. 

Colch. Little or no swelling of the affected part; 
the skin is rose-colored, and leaves a white spot under 
the pressure of the finger. * Paroxysms of tearing, 
stitching, jerking pains, particularly in the finger- 
joints. * Urine dark and scanty, depositing a whitish 
sediment. Pains intolerable at night. 

Ferrum acet. The patient has a pale, consump- 
tive look. Several joints are affected at the same 
time ; the pains are violent, stinging, and tearing, 
obliging him to move the parts constantly. * The 
least emotion or pain produces a red, flushed face. 

Mercurius. Red and hot swelling of the affected 
joints. The pains are drawing and lacerating, or the 
joints feel as if dislocated; worse in cold damp weather, 
and at night. * Much perspiration, which affords no 
relief. 

Nux vom. The pains are tensive, jerking, or pull- 
ing, worse in the morning, from mental exertion, from 
motion and slight contact ; but strong pressure relieves. 
* Persons of intemperate or sedentary habits, and 
those who live on rich and highly-seasoned food. 
Constipation, or morning diarrhoea. 

Phosphorus. Arthritic affections of the wrist and 
finger-joints. Pains as if lacerated or sprained, worse 
early in the morning or in the evening, * Long, nar- 
row, hard stools, very difficult to expel. * Sensation 
of weakness and emptiness in the abdomen. Lean, 
slender persons. 

Puis. Red and hot swelling of the parts affected, 
particularly of the knee-joints and feet. The pains 
are tearing, stitching, burning. * Erratic pains, shift- 
ing rapidly from one joint to another. Aggravation 
towards evening, or at night. * Craves fresh cool air ; 
worse in a warm room. * Persons of a mild, tearful 
disposition. 

Rhus tox. Rheumatic gout; the joints are red, 
shining, and swollen. Stiffness and lameness of the 
affected parts. The pains are tearing, burning, or as 
if sprained. * Aggravation on first moving the limb 
after rest, or during rest ; relieved by motion. 



ASTHMA. 19 

Sabina. Swelling, redness, and stitches in the big 
toe. Nodosities of the joints. _ Pains tearing and 
stinging, almost insupportable when the limbs hang 
down ; relief in the open air 



ASTHMA. 

Therapeutics. * Special indications. 

Aconite. Shortness of breath, especially when 
sleeping. Paroxysms of suffocation, with anxiety and 
restlessness. Dyspnoea, with inability to take a deep 
breath. Spasmodic. rough, croaking cough, with con- 
striction of the windpipe. * Great fear and anxiety 
of mind, with nervous excitability. * Fear of death, 
predicts the day he will die. 

Arsenicum. Anxious and oppressed shortness of 
breath, with labored breathing, particularly when as- 
cending an eminence. Attacks of suffocation, especially 
at night, or in the evening in bed, with wheezing respi- 
ration. * Great anguish, extreme restlessness, and 
fear of death. * Extreme thirst, and drinks but little. 

* Cannot lie down for fear of suffocation. Wants to 
be in a warm room. 

Belladonna. Paroxysm mostly in the afternoon 
or evening. * Sensation as if dust were in the lungs, 
better when bending the head back, and when holding 
the. breath. Face and eyes red, and head hot. Dry, 
spasmodic cough, especially at night. Uneasiness and 
beating in the chest * Sleepiness, but cannot sleep. 
Plethoric individuals and young people. 

Bryonia. Increased difficulty of breathing when 
talking, and during any kind of exercise. * Patient 
wants to remain perfectly quiet, as the least exertion 
makes him worse. Frequent dry cough, or cough with 
•expectoration of a quantity of mucus. Stitches in the 
chest, especially during an inspiration or when cough- 
ing. * Sitting up in bed causes nausea and fainting. 

* Dry, hard stools, as if burnt. 

Cham. Oppression in the chest, as if from incar- 



20 ASTHMA. 

cerated flatulence in the epigastrium. Constriction 
of the upper part of the chest, with soreness when 
coughing. Hoarseness and cough from rattling of 
mucus in the trachea. * Much hot perspiration about 
the face and head. One cheek red and the other pale. 

* Is very impatient, can hardly answer one civilly. 
Especially adapted to children ; they are very cross, 
and want to be carried all the time. 

China. Suffocative fits, as from mucus in the 
larynx, in the evening in bed. Difficult inspiration 
and quick expiration. * The patient appears as if 
dying. Cough, with difficult expectoration of clear, 
tenacious mucus. Worse at night and after drinking. 

* Better every other day. 

Conium. Asthma, particularly in the morning on 
waking. Rattling in the chest. Dry, tickling cough, 
increasing when lying down, with oppression of the 
chest. * Face of a bluish-red color. Pale urine, 
voided with difficulty. Attacks mostly in wet weather. 

Ferrum. Asthma most violent when lying down, 
obliging one to sit up. Spasmodic cough with expec- 
toration of transparent, tenacious mucus. * With 
every paroxysm or fit of coughing, the face becomes 
fiery-red. Always better when walking slowly about. 

Ipecac. Spasmodic asthma, with violent contract 
tion in the throat and chest. Contraction of the chest 
with short and panting breathing, * Rattling noise 
in the bronchial tubes, during an inspiration. * Suf- 
focation threatens from constriction in the throat and 
chest ; worse from the least motion. * Nausea with 
a feeling of emptiness about the stomach. 

Kali carb. Difficult wheezing respiration. Spas- 
modic asthma, worse about 3 a. m,, relieved by sitting 
up and bending forward, resting the head on the 
knees. Cough, excited by a tickling in the throat, 
with sourish expectoration, or of blood-streaked mu- 
cus. * Great aversion to being alone. 

Lobelia in. The attack is preceded or accom- 
panied by a kind of prickly sensation through the 
whole system, even to the ends of the fingers and toes. 
Short anxious wheezing respiration. * Sensation as 
of a foreign body in the throat, impeding breathing 



ASTHMA. 21 

and deglutition. Nausea and vomiting with a sense 
of great emptiness in the stomach. 

Lachesis. Shortness of breath, after every exer- 
tion. Tightness of breathing, with anguish in the 
chest and great inclination to vomit. * Can bear 
nothing to touch the larynx, seems as though it would 
suffocate him. * Aggravation after sleeping, and 
during rest. 

Phos. Loud and panting respiration. Spasmodic 
constriction of the chest. Fatiguing cough, with ex- 
pectoration of tenacious mucus. ** Complete loss of 
voice, * Sensation of weakness and emptiness in the 
abdomen. * Long, narrow, hard stools, very difficult 
to expel. Tall, slender people. 

Sambucus. Violent dyspnoea, with anguish and 
danger of suffocation, especially when lying down. 
* Nightly suffocative paroxysms, with spasmodic con- 
striction of the chest. Mucus rattling in the chest. 
Especially adapted to children. 

Spongia. Difficult respiration as if the throat 
were closed by a plug. Wheezing respiration or slow 
and deep breathing, as if from debility. * x\wakens 
often in a frigh and feels as if she was suffocating. 
Hoarse, hollow wheezing cough. 

Silphium lac. Acute or chronic asthma, with 
much difficulty of breathing. Wheezing in the chest 
during an inspiration. - Moist cough with copious ex- 
pectoration of white frothy mucus. Especially in old 
people. 

Sulphur. The attack comes on during sleep or in 
the evening, with a feeling of tightness across the 
chest, and a sensation as of dust in the air -passages. 
Dry cough with hoarseness, or loo*e cough with soreness 
and pressure in the chest. * Frequent weak, faint 
spells. * Constant heat on top of the head. If the 
attack was caused by breathing a smoky atmosphere. 

Tartar em. Anxious oppression, difficulty of 
breathing and shortness of breath, with desire to sit 
erect. * When the patient coughs, it seems as if the 
bronchial tubes were full of phlegm, but none comes 
up. Suffocative fits, especially in the evening or in 
the morning in bed. 



22 ATROPHY OF CHILDREN". 

Verat. alb. The attack mostly occurs in cold, damp 
weather, and early in the morning. Anguish, suffo- 
cation, and oppression about the heart. Coldness of 
the nose, ears, and lower extremities. * Cold sweat 
upon the forehead, with great prostration. Exhaust- 
ing diarrhoea. 



ATROPHY OF CHILDREN. 

Therapeutics. Special indications. 

iEthusa c. The child throws up its milk soon 
after nursing, with great force, suddenly — then falls 
asleep as if from exhaustion, to awaken for a fresh 
supply. 

Arsen. General emaciation, with dry parchment- 
like skin. Pale and oedematous swelling of the face. 
Sunken eyes with blue margins. * Feverish heat, 
with desire to drink often, but little at a time. Great 
restlessness and tossing about, particularly at night. 
Painful, offensive undigested stools. Prostration and 
coldness of the extremities. 

Baryta c. Swelling and induration of the glands. 
Emaciation, bloated face, swollen abdomen and con- 
stant desire to sleep. Indisposed to work or play. 
* Scrofulous children that do not grow. 

Bell. Glandular swellings, painful or suppurating. 
Eyelids inflamed and ulcers on the cornea. * Child 
sleepy, but cannot get to sleep. * Sudden starting 
and jumping during sleep. Children with premature 
intellects. 

Bryo. alb. The child throws up its food immedi- 
ately after taking it. Mouth and lips very dry, with 
thirst for large quantities of water. * Child is very 
irritable and wants to be very quiet. * Dry, hard 
stools, as if burnt. 

Calc. c. Large head with open font anelles. Dry and 
flabby skin. Enlargement and hardness of the abdo- 
men. * General emaciation with a good appetite. 
Debility and weakness after the least exercise. Diar- 



ATKOPHY OF CHILDREN. 23 

rhoea, with clay-colored stools. * Cold, damp feet. 

* Much perspiration about the head. Cough with 
rattling of mucus in the bronchia. 

China. Pale, sickly appearance of the face. En- 
largement of the liver and spleen. Copious sweats, 
especially at night ; great debility and prostration. 

* Painless, undigested, offensive stools. * Abdomen 
distended with flatulence. 

Mercurius. Yellow earthy color of the face. 
Large head and open fontanelles. Swelling and sup- 
puration of the glands. * Slimy or bloody stools, with 
much straining. * Profuse night sweats. Child is 
never so well during wet weather. 

Nux vom. Swelling and hardness of the liver. 
Obsti?\ate constipation, or alternate constipation and 
diarrhoea. Hunger with aversion to food. Frequent 
vomiting of the ingesta. Constant desire to lie down. 

Cannot sleep after three or four in the morning. 

Phos. Pale and bloated face. Sunken eyes, with 

blue circles under the same. Dry, hacking cough. 

Diarrhoea, with white, watery, undigested stools. 

Great debility and oppression after the least exercise. 

Children of tall, slender stature. 

Puis. The child seems to be very changeable ; gets 
better for a time, and then without any apparent cause 
gets worse. * Diarrhoea, especially at night, no two 
stools alike, so changeable. * Worse towards even- 
ing : better in the open air. 

Rhus tox. Herpetic eruptions on the face. Swell- 
ing and induration of the glands. Diarrhoea, with 
thin red mucous stools. * The child always gets worse 
after twelve o'clock at night. 

Staph. Hollow eyes, with weary look. Swelling 
of the submaxillary and cervical glands. Unhealthy, 
readily ulcerating skin. * Canine hunger, even when 
the stomach is full of food. 

Sulphur. The child frequently awakens from 
sleep with screams. Great voracity, wants to put 
everything it sees in the mouth. * Diarrhoea, ex- 
coriating the anus. * Copious morning sweats, after 
waking. 



24 BRONCHITIS. 



BRONCHITIS. 

Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aconite. Mostly in the commencement of acute 
attacks. Chill and cynochal fever, dry hot skin, and 
great restlessness. Short dry cough, with constant 
irritation in the larynx. * Great fear and anxiety of 
mind, with nervous excitability. After exposure to 
dry cold winds. 

Apis mal. Sensation of soreness in the chest as 
from a bruise. * Cough, particularly after lying 
down and sleeping. A clear, tough, stringy phlegm 
arises in the throat, which causes him to hawk fre- 
quently. 

Arsen. alb. Dry hacking cough, with soreness in 
the chest as if raw, or moist cough with difficult ex- 
pectoration consisting of blood-streaked mucus. Op- 
pression and difficulty of breathing, obliging him to 
sit up. * Great thirst, but drinks little. Restless- 
ness, debility, and fear of death. 

Bellad. Congestion of blood to the head, with 
visible pulsation of the carotids. Face flushed and 
eyes red. * Great fulness in the head, or pains as if 
it would split. Hot skin, with inclination to perspire. 
Spasmodic cough which does not allow one time to 
breathe. Children cry after every coughing spell on 
account of the pain. Sleepy, but cannot sleep. 
* Starting and jumping during sleep. 

Bryonia. Short difficult respiration, obliging him 
to sit erect. Dry cough with stitches in the chest. 
Violent morning cough, with expectoration of a quan- 
tity of mucus. * Sensation when coughing as if the 
head and chest would fly to pieces. * The patient 
wants to remain perfectly quiet ; the least movement 
aggravates all his symptoms. 

Carb. veg. Obstinate hoarseness, particularly in 
the evening. Tightness in the chest and shortness of 
breathing. * Severe burning in the chest as if from 
hot coals. Violent cough with discharge of a quantity 
of yellowish pus. Cough with vomiting and retching. 
Stitching pains between the scapula. * Patient craves 
more air ; wants to be fanned all the time. 



BRONCHITIS. 25 

Causticum. Hoarseness and roughness of the 
throat, particularly in the morning. Short and hack- 
ing cough caused by constant tickling in the throat. 
*When coughing, pain over the hip, involuntary emis- 
sions of urine. Loss of voice. 

Cham. Hoarseness and cough from rattling of mu- 
cus in the trachea, the place feeling sore from whence 
the mucus was detached. * Scraping dry cough from 
tickling in the larynx, worse at night, even during sleep. 

* One cheek red, and the other pale. * Very impa- 
tient, can hardly answer one civilly. 

Hepar s. Dry, hoarse cough, and roughness in the 
throat. * Rattling, choking cough, worse after mid- 
night. Hoarse, anxious wheezing breathing, with dan- 
ger of suffocation when lying down. After exposure 
to cold west winds. 

Ipecac. * Rattling of mucus in the bronchial 
tubes. Suffocative cough with great difficulty of 
breathing. The chest seems full of phlegm, but does 
not yield to coughing. * Much nausea and vomiting 
of mucus. 

Kali bi. Burning pain in the trachea and bronchi. 

* Cough, with expectoration of tough, stringy mucus, 
which can be drawn to the feet. 

Lachesis. Hoarseness with feeble voice and con- 
striction of the throat." Short, hacking cough, caused 
by a tingling in the throat. Difficult yellow expecto- 
ration. * Larynx and throat painful when touched, 
and pressure produces violent cough. * Always worse 
after sleeping and in the afternoon. 

Merc. sol. Hoarseness and sore throat. Catarrh 
of the whole mucous membrane. Violent, racking 
cough, particularly at night, as if it would burst the 
head and chest. Alternate chilliness and heat. 

* Cough worse when lying on the right side. * Much 
perspiration which affords no relief. Thick, yellow- 
ish coat on the tongue. 

Nux vom. Roughness and scraping in the larynx, 
inducing cough. Dry cough from midnight until 
morning. Cough with headache as if the skull would 
bnrst. Nose stopped up. Fever, but chilliness from 
slight motion. * Always worse after four o'clock in 



26 BRONCHITIS. 

the morning. * Habitual constipation. After pre- 
vious use of cough mixtures. 

Phosph. Complete loss of voice. Painfulness of 
the larynx. Tightness across the chest. Cough with 
expectoration of frothy, pale-red or rust-colored mu- 
cus. Severe and exhausting cough, which the patient 
dreads and avoids as long as possible. * Sensation of 
weakness and emptiness in the abdomen. 

Pulsatilla. Scraping and drynass in the throat. 
Dry cough at night, going off when sitting up in bed. 
Loose cough, with copious expectoration of yellow or 
greenish mucus. * Chilliness even in a warm room*. 
* Hot, dry skin, with little or no thirst. Persons of a 
mild, tearful disposition. 

Rhus tox. Roughness in the larynx and soreness 
in the chest. Cough excited by a tickling under the 
middle of the sternum, worse from laughing or loud 
talking. * Rheumatic pains in the bones, worse when 
at rest. * Worse at night, particularly after midnight. 
Sang. can. Dryness of the throat and sensation 
of swelling in the larynx. Severe cough, with circum- 
scribed redness of the cheeks and pain in the breast. Fluent 
coryza and thin diarrhoea. Burning in the hands and 
feet at night. 

Spongia. Great dryness in the larynx, with hoarse, 
hollow, wheezing cough, worse in the evening. Saw- 
ing respiration. * The voice frequently gives out 
when talking or reading aloud. 

Sulphur. Hoarseness and loss of voice. Sensation 
as of something creeping in the larynx. Loose cough, 
with expectoration of thick, mucus and soreness in 
the chest. * Stitches in the chest extending to the 
back. Pain in the left side. * Frequent weak, faint 
spells. Constant rattling in the chest. * Lean per- 
sons who walk stooping. 

Tartar em. Large collection of mucus in the 
bronchial tubes, expectorated with great difficulty. 
* When the patient coughs, it seems as if much would 
be expectorated, but nothing comes up. * Nausea and 
vomiting of much mucus. Great oppression and 
difficulty of breathing. 

Verat. alb. Tickling in the lower parts of the 



BUEXS AND SCALDS. 27 

bronchial tubes, inducing cough with slight expecto- 
ration. Dry, hollow cough as if proceeding from 
lower parts of the chest, or abdomen. * Rattling of 
mucus in the chest, but can't get rid of it. * Vomit- 
ing with diarrhoea and great prostration. 



BURNS AND SCALDS. 

Therapeutics. Principal remedies. 

1. Cantharides. In superficial burns or scalds, 
this is one of the best external applications. Put 
twenty drops of the Tincture in a gill of water and keep 
the injured parts constantly wet with rags or lint satu- 
rated with the solution. After the acute symptoms 
have subsided, dress the parts with simple cerate. 

2. Urtica urens. This is a remedy of great value 
in all classes of burns, not only for slight and superfi- 
cial cases, but in the severe and more deeply pene- 
trating injuries of this kind. It may be applied the 
same as directed for the use of Cantharides. 

3. Castile Soap. This has been highly recom- 
mended by some in the treatment of burns and scalds. 
Make a thick salve by mixing it with warm water, 
spread it upon soft linen or muslin, and apply to the 
injured part. 

4. Flour and Oil. This is a good application, and 
is most always at hand. As soon after the accident 
as possible, oil the injured surface with sweet or lin- 
seed oil, and dust it over with flour from a common 
dredging-box until it is thickly and completely covered. 

5. Glycerine. For burns in the mouth, throat, or 
stomach, this is an excellent remedy. Equal parts of 
glycerine and water may be taken in spoonful doses, 
and the mouth and throat gargled with the same. 
Urtica urens taken internally is a remedy of great 
value in burns of this character. 

Symptomatic indications. 

Aconite. Chills, high fever, dry, hot skin and 
much thirst. * Great fear and anxiety of mind, with 
much nervous excitability. 



28 CATARRH. 

Arsenicum. Dark, watery, offensive diarrhoea. 
Rapid and great prostration, with sinking of the vital 
forces. * Extreme thirst, drinking often, but little at a 
time. * Great anguish, restlessness, and fear of death. 

Cham. In convulsions arising from severe burns. 
Becomes almost furious about the pains. * Very im- 
patient, can hardly answer one civilly. Warm sweat 
about the face and head. 

China. Extensive suppuration, producing much 
debility. Painless diarrhoea, of dark watery stools, 
particularly at night. 

Silicea. When the ulcer heals but slowly, or proud 
flesh, is disposed to shoot up. 

Sulphur. There is a strong tendency to the pro- 
duction of proud flesh, and there is no appearance of 
granulations. Much itching, burning, and inflamma- 
tion around the ulcers. 



CATARRH. 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aconite. Mostly in the first stage ; chilliness, 
with burning heat, especially in the head and face. 
Piercing or throbbing pains in the forehead or tem- 
ples. Profuse lachrymation. Short, dry cough, from 
tickling in the larynx. * Fear, anxiety, and great rest- 
lessness. * From dry, cold west winds. 

Allium cepa. * Profuse discharge of water from 
the eyes, and burning excoriating water from the nose. 
Terrible laryngeal cough, which compels the patient 
to grasp the larynx with the hands, for it seems to 
him that the cough would tear it. 

Ammo. carb. Burning of the eyes, with lachryma- 
tion. Dry coryza, with stoppage of the nose, especially 
at night. Dry, nightly cough, and stitches in the 
chest. Frequent chilliness. 

Arsen. Frequent sneezing, with profuse fluent 
coryza, and stoppage of the nose. Burning and sore- 
ness of the nostrils. Profuse lachrymation and burn- 



CATARRH. 29 

ing in the eyes. Dryness in the mouth and loss of 
taste. Dry cough with difficult expectoration. Chilli- 
ness, particularly after drinking. * Intense thirst, 
drinking little and often. * Restlessness and prostra- 
tion. 

Arum, try. * Coryza, with discharge of burning, 
ichorous fluid from the nose, excoriating the nostrils 
and upper lip. Nose stopped up ; can only breathe 
with mouth open. Hoarseness and sore throat. Dry, 
feverish heat and hot skin. 

Bellad. Sore throat and hoarseness. * Throbbing 
headache, worse from motion. Fluent coryza. Ulcer- 
ation of the nostrils and corners of the mouth. Dry, 
hoarse cough, especially at night. Alternate chilli- 
ness and heat. Swelling and stiffness in the nape of 
the neck. * Sleepy, but cannot sleep. Aggravation 
at 3 p. m. 

Bryonia. Dry coryza, with inflamed and ulcerated 
nostrils. * Lips parched, dry, and cracked. Dry 
cough, apparently from the stomach, worse after 
drinking. * Constipation of hard, dry stools as if 
burnt. * Patient wants to keep very still. Exceed- 
ingly irritable. 

Carb. veg. Beating or pulsating headache. Burn- 
ing in the eyes and profuse lachrymation. Stoppage 
of the nose, particularly in the evening. Fluent 
coryza, with hoarseness and rawness of the chest. 

If the coryza return in the evening. 

Cham. Fluent, acrid discharge from the nose. 
Chilliness and feverish heat. * One cheek red and 
hot. and the other pale and cold. Hoarseness and 
cough from rattling mucus in the bronchia. * Dry 
cough, worse at night, even during sleep. * Patient 
very irritable, can hardly answer one civilly. * Chil- 
dren want to be carried all the time. 

Dulc. Dry coryza, aggravated in the cold air. 
Dryness of the mouth without thirst. * The symp- 
toms are aggravated by every cold change, and in wet 
weather; better when moving about. 

Euphrasia. * Profuse fluent coryza, with burning 
acrid tears. Cough only during the day. Ulceration 
of the margins of the eyelids. 



30 CATARRH. 

Gelsem. Liability to take cold from any change 
in the weather. Sore throat with pain on swallowing, 
shooting up into the ear. * Fever without thirst; 
wants to lie still and rest. 

Hepar s. Great liability to take cold, especially 
after the abuse of Mercury. Headache worse by mo- 
tion. Roughness and scraping sensation in the throat. 

* Stitches in the throat as if caused by a splinter. 

* Hoarse croupy cough, the phlegm being loose and 
choking. 

Ipecac. Aching pain over the eyes. Fluent coryza, 
stoppage of the nose and loss of smell. * Rattling of 
phlegm in the chest, but does not yield to coughing. 

* Nausea and vomiting of large quantities of mucus. 
Oppressed breathing as of asthma. 

Kali bic. Fluent coryza, worse in the evening 
and in the open air. Flow of acrid water from the 
nostrils excoriating the parts. * Cough with expecto- 
ration of tough phlegm, which can be drawn into long 
strings. Loss of smell. 

Lachesis. Fluent coryza, with profuse secretion 
of mucus and running from the eyes. Dryness of the 
mouth, with burning as if from pepper. Dry cough, 
shortness of breath and stitches in the chest. * Can 
bear nothing to touch his throat; it excites the cough 
and produces a sense of suffocation. * Symptoms 
worse in the afternoon and after sleeping. 

Merc. Catarrhal headache. Stitches through the 
whole head. Burning in the eyes and profuse lachry- 
mation. Pain in the jaws and teeth. * Frequent 
sneezing and profuse fluent coryza. Feverish heat 
and redness of the cheeks. Inflamed and ulcerated 
tonsils. Short, dry, fatiguing cough, worse at night. 

* After sweating at night, the cold is no better. Feels 
better in a warm room. In epidemic catarrh. 

Nux vom. Chilliness and feverish heat, pressure 
and sticking pains in the forehead. * Fluent coryza 
during the day and dry coryza at night. Dry cough, 
with headache as if the skull would burst. * Very 
irritable and wishes to be alone. Constipation, with 
frequent urging to stool. * Symptoms all worse in 
the morning. 



CHOLERA. 31 

Puis. Discbarge of a yellowish, green, thick fetid 
mucus from the nose. Loss of taste and smell. Tooth- 
ache and otalgia. Duiness and heaviness in the head, 
especially in the evening.- * Craves fresh cool air, 
worse in a warm room. * Chilliness even in a warm 
room. Loose cough, with expectoration of yellow mu- 
cus. * Symptoms all worse towards evening. Per- 
sons of a mild, tearful disposition. 

Sepia. iNose swollen and inflamed, with sore and 
ulcerated nostrils. Obstruction of the nose, and vio- 
lent dry coryza. Loss of smell. Pain in the back and 
stiffness in the nape of the neck. * Cough, worse in 
the morning terminating in an effort to vomit. * Great- 
sense of emptiness at the pit of the stomach. 

Sulph. f atarrh with fluent coryza of clear water. 
Soreness and pressure in the throat as from a lump. 
Complete loss of taste and smell. Coldness of the ex- 
tremities and chilliness. * Frequent weak, faint 
spells. * Great liability to take cold. * Morning 
diarrhoea, driving the patient out of bed in great haste. 



CHOLERA. 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aconite. In the forming stage, where there is 
great vascular excitement. Violent heat and dryness of 
the skin. * Great fear and anxiety of mind, with ner- 
vous excitability. Full and frequent pulse. * Vertigo, 
particularly on raising the head. * Bitter greenish 
vomiting. Stools whitish, with discharge of lumbrici. 

* Fear of death, predicts the day he will die. 
Arsen. * Great anguish, extreme restlessness and 

fear of death. * Sudden prostration, with sinking of 
the vital forces. Tongue dry, blackish, and cracked. 
Violent burning pains in the stomach. Vomiting of 
watery, slimy, greenish, brownish, or blackish sub- 
stances : worse after drinking. Frequent watery stools. 

* Oreat thirst for cold water, drinks little and often. 
Skin cold and covered with clammy sweat, or dry and 
Shrivelled. 



32 CHOLERA. 

Camphor. In the commencement, when there is 
great anguish and sudden prostration of strength. 
Pulse small and rapid. Hands, feet, and skin cold. 
* Burning pains in the stomach and throat, with 
cramps in the calves. Painfulness of the pit of the 
stomach when touched. * Icy coldness and blueness 
of the face and limbs, even of the tongue. * Half 
stupid and senseless; he moans and groans in a hoarse 
husky voice. 

Carb. veg. Mostly in the last stage. * Complete 
collapse of pulse, the patient lies in a state of asphyxia. 
The spasms and vomiting have ceased, followed by 
great debility. Cold breath, cold tongue, or coldness 
all over. * Livid countenance, hoarse voice, and sunken 
eyes. 

Croton tig. Watery discharges from the bowels 
mixed with whitish flakes. * The discharges always 
come on after drinking, and are expelled with a sud- 
den gush. Great exhaustion with faintness and vertigo. 

China. Hippocratic countenance, pointed nose and 
hollow eyes. Yellowish, blackish or parched tongue. 
Violent thirst, with a desire to drink often, but little 
at a time. Spasmodic pains in the stomach. Painless 
diarrhoea, stools blackish, bilious or whitish. Pros- 
tration even unto fainting. * If the disease has su- 
pervened upon a great loss of animal fluids. 

Colocynth. Vomiting, first of food, and after- 
wards a greenish substance. * Violent constrictive 
pain in the abdomen as if the intestines were squeezed 
between stones, relieved by forcible pressure. * Terrible 
cramp -like pains which draw the patient nearly 
double. Diarrhoea, with thin greenish, slimy, and 
watery stools. Aggravation after eating or drinking. 

Cuprum me. Violent vomiting, with colic and 
diarrhoea. Convulsions of the extremities, especially 
of the fingers and toes. Rolling of the eyeballs, great 
restlessness and coldness of the face. Spasmodic 
colicky pains without vomiting, or vomiting preceded 
by spasmodic constriction of the chest, arresting the 
breathing. * Extreme thirst, the liquids descend the 
throat with a gurgling sound. * Violent cramps in 
the stomach, fingers, and toes. The vomiting is re- 
lieved by drinking cold water. 



CHOLERA INFANTUM. 38 

Ipecac. In the early stage, and where nausea and 
vomiting is a prominent symptom. * Vomiting of large 
quantities of green jelly-like mucus, or black pitch- 
like substances. Griping pinching in the abdomen, 
as if grasped with the hands; excited by motion. 
* Grass-green mucous stools, having the appearance as 
if fermented. Cramp in the calves, fingers, and toes. 
Coldness of the face and extremities. 

Phos. acid. In the commencement, before vomit- 
ings set in. Diarrhoea, with whitish, watery, slimy 
stools, without pain. Tenacious viscid mucus in the 
mouth. * Indifferent, not disposed to talk. Quiet de- 
lirium and stupefaction. 

Secale cor. Face pale and eyes sunken. Dry, 
thick yellowish-white coating on the tongue. Un- 
quenchable thirst. Heat and burning in the abdomen. 
Watery, slimy diarrhoea, or involuntary diarrhoea. 
The evacuations are preceded by vertigo, anguish, 
cramps in the calves, rumbling in the abdomen, and 
nausea. * Great aversion to heat, or to being covered. 
Thin, scrawny persons. 

Verat. alb. Pale death-like expression of the face. 
Tongue dry, blackish, and cracked. * Unquenchable 
thirst for cold drinks. Excessive vomiting of the in- 
gesta with green mucus ; also of black bile. * Great 
weakness after vomiting. Severe cutting pains in the 
abdomen. Violent diarrhoea with greenish, watery 
flocculent stools, followed by rapid prostration. Cramps 
in the calves. Small, almost imperceptible, pulse. 
Hoarse, weak voice, and cold breath. * Cold sweat 
over the whole body. 



CHOLERA INFANTUM. 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aconite. In the beginning, when there is dry, 
hot skin, quick pulse and sleeplessness. Stools green, 
watery, or white slimy mucus. Before and during 
stool, cutting pain and tenesmus. Nausea and vomit- 



34 CHOLERA INFANTUM. 

ing of what has been drunk. * Restlessness, the child 
turns from side to side. 

JESthusa. In the worse cases. Stools light-yellow 
or greenish liquid. Before stool, pinching cutting 
pain in the abdomen. Violent vomiting of coagulated 
milk. * Spasms, with stupor and delirium, clenched 
thumbs, eyes drawn downward, pupils dilated. Con- 
stant thirst: great prostration. 

Ant. crud. Tongue coated white or yellow. Great 
dryness of the mouth and lips ; no thirst. Violent 
vomiting of slimy mucus and bile, worse after eating 
or drinking. Stools watery and profuse. Pain before 
and during stool. Protrusion of the rectum. * Where 
the disease was caused by overloading the stomach. 
* The child cannot bear to be looked at. 

Apis mel. Tongue dry and shining. No appe- 
tite or thirst. Stools greenish, yellowish, slimy mucous. 
During stool, griping and tenesmus. Vomiting of bile 
or thin bitter liquid. Tenderness of the abdomen to 
pressure. * Aggravation in the morning. 

Arsenicum. Pale death-like countenance. Skin 
dry and shrivelled. Stools thick, dark-green mucous, or 
dark, watery, offensive. Cutting pain before and tenes- 
mus during stool. * Vomiting immediately after 
drinking. * Great restlessness, extreme prostration, 
and the peculiar thirst distinguish this remedy. Ag- 
gravation after midnight. 

Bellad. Face pale or flushed. Great dryness of 
the mouth and lips. Tongue coated white in the mid- 
dle with red edges. Stools thin green mucous, or 
bloody mucous. Tenesmus during and after stool. 
Delirium, ivorse during and just after sleep, with desire to 
get out of bed. * Sleepy, but cannot sleep. * Child 
cries out suddenly, and ceases just as suddenly. * Sud- 
den starting and jumping during sleep. 

Benzoic ac. Fetid, watery, white stools, very copious 
and exhausting. During stool, much pressing or 
straining. * Strong-smelling urine, mostly dark-col- 
ored. Troublesome and dry hacking cough. Tongue 
coated with white mucus, or ulcerated. 

Borax. Pale clay-colored appearance of the face 
Aphthae in the mouth and on the tongue. Light yellow, 



CHOLERA INFANTUM. 35 

slimy mucous, or greenish, watery stools. Pinching 
pain in the abdomen. * Fear of falling from down- 
ward motion, even during sleep. * Easily startled at 
sudden noise, with anxious scveams. 

Bryonia. Dry parched lips and mouth. Thirst 
for large quantities of water at long intervals. * Vom- 
iting of food soon after taking it, undigested. Stools 
brown, thin fecal, or undigested. Previous to stool, 
the child cries out with pain, and cannot bear to be 
move,!, as it increases the suffering. * Gets faint and 
sick on sitting up. Symptoms worse in the morning. 
If caused from cold drinks, or from getting overheated. 

Calc. carb. Children with large heads and openfon- 
tanclles — scrofulous. Swollen, distended abdomen, with 
emaciation and good appetite. Skin dry and shrivelled. 
Stools whitish and watery, or chalk - like ; undigested. 
Vomiting of sour substances, particularly of milk. 
* Profuse sweat on the head when sleeping, * Cold 
damp feet. 

Carb. veg. Great paleness, or gray-yellow color 
of the face. Dryness of the mouth without thirst. 
Stools light-colored; involuntary; putrid; cadaverous 
smelling. Mostly in the last stage, and where the 
vital powers are greatly exhausted. Restlessness and 
anxiety, worse towards evening. * Emission of large 
quantities of flatus, inodorous, or putrid. 

Cham. Redness and heat of the face, sometimes 
one cheek red and the other pale. Tongue coated thick 
yellow, or white. Sour vomiting of food, or slimy 
substances. Green, watery, corroding stools with colic; 
also mixed white and yellow mucous, like chopped eggs. 
Colic before and during stool. * The child is very fret- 
ful, and wants to be carried all the time. 

China. Tympanitic distention of the abdomen. 
Stools yellow, watery, undigested, painless, or blackish 
and offensive. Before stool, colic which is relieved by 
bending double. Patient worse after eating, and at 
night. * Great weakness and inclination to sweat- 
Emission of much flatulence. * Worse every other 
day. 

Cina. Children that are troubled with worms. 
Paleness of the face, particularly around the nose and 



36 CHOLERA INFANTUM. 

mouth. * Disposition to pick and bore at the nose. 
White papeseent stools. * White, turbid, or jelly-like 
urine. Restless sleep, frequent changing position, and 
waking with cries. Grinding of the teeth during sleep. 

Croton tig. Dry parched lips. Nausea and vom- 
iting of water, mucus, and bile, especially after drink- 
ing. Yellow watery, dark green, or greenish-yellow 
stools, coming out like a shot. * Worse after drinking, 
while nursing. Great prostration after stool. 

Dulc. Dry heat of tbe skin, and violent thirst 
for cold drink. Stools yellowish, green, watery, or 
whitish. Colic before and during stool. * The child 
gets worse at every cold change in the weather, or 
from exposure to cold air. After taking cold or getting 
wet. 

Gumm. gut. Loud rumbling and gurgling in the 
bowels. Stools thin yellow fecal, or dark green and 
offensive. * Sudden expulsion of the stool, coming out 
in a gush. Nausea and vomiting after eating or drink- 
ing. The child seems to crave food, but little satisfies 
it. Aphthae in the mouth. 

Ipecac. Pale face, with blue margins around the 
eyes. Yellowish or white coated tongue. * Almost 
constant nausea and vomiting. The child throws up its 
food, and large quantities of green mucus. Stools 
grass-green mucous, or white, fermented. Colic and sick 
stomach before and during stool. * After vomiting in- 
clination to sleep. 

Laurocerasus. Sunken countenance ; livid, gray- 
ish-yellow complexion. Eyes staring or lightly closed. 
Tongue white and dry, with violent thirst. Pulse 
slow, irregular, or imperceptible. Stools green, liquid, 
mucous, involuntary. Cutting pain in the abdomen 
before and tenesmus after stool. * Rattling sound of 
liquids when passing through the oesophagus. 

Magnesia c. Face dirty dark yellow. No appe- 
tite, violent thirst, inclination to vomit. * Stools green 
and slimy, like the scum of a frog-pond, smelling sour. 
Before stool, cutting and pinching in the abdomen. 
Worse in hot weather, and during dentition. 

Merc. Dry lips, with ulcerated corners of the 
mouth. Tongue coated as with fur. Vomiting ami 



CHOLERA INFANTUM. 37 

empty retching. Violent thirst. Stools yellow, the 
color of sulphur, sometimes green, slimy, or bloody. 

* Colic before, and violent tenesmus during and after stool. 

* Great tenderness over the pit of the stomach and 
abdomen Cold clammy sweats, especially at night. 

Nux mos. Great languor ; cold, dry skin, little or 
no thirst. Colic, worse after eating or drinking; re- 
lieved by the application of moist heat. Stools thin yellow 
(like beaten or stirred eggs), undigested, watery, 
slimy. Colic before, and urging during stool. * Great 
droicsiness and dulness of sense. Worse at night, and in 
cool damp weather. 

Nux vom. Tongue coated thick yellowish-white. 
Swelling of the gums, and fetid ulcers in the mouth. 
Vomiting of sour-smelling mucus. Frequent, small, 
watery, slimy, dark-colored, mucous stools. Colic before 
and violent straining at stool ; relief after stool. * After 
gastric medicines and prolonged drugging. Worse in 
the early morning. 

Phosphorus. Pale, sickly complexion ; hollow 
eyes, with blue margins around the same ; dry tongue, 
coated with white mucus ; thirst for cold drinks. Vom- 
iting of what has been drunk as soon as it becomes warm 
in the stomach. Stools white watery, containing little 
lumps like grains of tallow ; undigested. * Watery 
stools, pouring away as from a hydrant. Worse in 
the morning, and from lying on the left side. 

Phos. ac. Blue margins around the eyes ; violent 
thirst ; loss of appetite ; profuse perspiration at night. 
Stools whitish, watery, light yellow, painless. * The 
disease is not marked by much debility, though it may 
continue a long time. 

Podophyl. Moaning during sleep, with half-closed 
eyes, and rolling the head from side to side. Gagging 
or empty retching. Stools watery, with meal-like sedi- 
ment ; dark -yellow mucous, smelling like carrion. * Pro- 
fuse watery, painless stools, very exhaustive. * Pro- 
lapsus ani during stool. Worse in the morning, and 
after eating and drinking. 

Puis. Tongue coated with tenacious mucus. Thirst- 
lessness. * Stools very changeable, no two alike, worse 
at night. Before stool, rumbling in the bowels, during 
stool chilliness. 
4 



38 colic. 

Secal. cor. Face pale, eyes sunken and sur- 
rounded by blue margins. Dry, thick yellowish-white 
coating on the tongue. Easy, painless vomiting, with- 
out effort, very exhausting. Stools watery and slimy, 
involuntary . Before stool, cutting and rumbling in the 
abdomen; great exhaustion during and after stool. 

* Great aversion to heat, or to being covered. * Thin, 
scrawny children, with shrivelled skin. 

Silicea * Children with large heads and open 
fontanelles — scrofulous. Profuse perspiration on the 
head y particularly during sleep. Stools liquid, slimy, 
frothy, or bloody mucous. Colic, and distention of the 
abdomen. Where the disease is complicated with a 
psoric derangement. 

Sulphur. The child is very drowsy through the 
day and wakeful at night. Stools very changeable, 
attended with pain, or no pain at all ; worse in the early 
morning. * Stools very excoriating. When there are 
repeated relapses, or the case seems to linger a long 
while. 

Thuja oc. Great, desire for cold drinks ; rapid ex- 
haustion ; oppressed breathing; great emaciation. 

* Stools pale-yellow watery, very copious, and gushing 
out like water from a bung-hole. Aggravation in the 
morning, and after vaccination. 

Verat. alb. Cold sweat on the forehead. Lips 
dry and dark-colored. * Vomiting, excited by the 
smallest quantities of liquids, with great prostration. 
The least motion increases the vomiting. Stools green- 
ish watery, with flakes. Before stool, severe colic; dur- 
ing stool, cold sweat on the forehead. * Violent thirst 
for large quantities of cold water. Pulse almost im- 
perceptible. 



COLIC. 

Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aconite. Inflammatory colic involving the blad- 
der. Difficult and scanty emissions of urine. Great 
sensitiveness of the abdomen. Intolerable cutting 



colic. 39 

pains in the belly, so violent that he screams, tosses 
about, and is almost beside himself. * Great fear and 
anxiety of mind, with nervous excitability. 

Aloes. Violent cutting pains in the bowels ; or 
beating, boring, and stinging in the region of the um- 
bilicus. Dull, heavy headache, with dull pains in the 
liver. * Loud gurgling in the abdomen, as of water 
running out of a bottle. Large and 'prominent hemor- 
rhoids. 

Ars. alb. Severe cutting, or spasmodic, drawing 
pains ; or a sensation as if the intestines had become 
twisted. Violent burning pains in the stomach. * Ex- 
treme thirst, drinks little and often. * Great rest- 
lessness, anxiety, and fear of death. Prostration and 
cold sweat. 

Bell. Pad-shaped protrusion of the transverse 
colon. * Clutching pain in the abdomen as if seized 
with claws. Constriction of the abdomen around the um- 
bilicus, as if a ball or lump would form. External pres- 
sure and bending double relieves somewhat. * Period- 
ical pains, which come on suddenly, and cease as sud- 
denly. Mostly worse in the afternoon, and after 
sleeping. 

Bryo. Hard swelling around the umbilicus, and 
under the hypochondrium. Spasms of the stomach. 
Painful twisting around the umbilicus, with frequent 
stitches. * Wants to "keep perfectly still, as the least 
motion or pressure increases the pain. Vomiting of 
bitter bile and water, particularly after drinking. 
Nausea and fainting on sitting up. * Hard, dry stools, 
as if burnt. 

Carb. veg. Great fulness in the abdomen as if it 
would burst. Crampy pain in the left side of the 
epigastrium, more towards the back. Incarcerated 
flatus in different parts of the abdomen. Frequent 
eructations affording no relief. * Constant pressure 
downwards in the abdomen. Audible rumbling in the 
bowels, and belching of sour, rancid food. * Prostra- 
tion, hippocratic face, with coldness of the extremities. 
Worse from 4 to 6 P. M. 

Cham. Flatulent colic, the abdomen being distended 
like a drum. Continual drawing, tearing pains in the 



40 COLIC. 

abdomen, with a sensation as if the bowels were rolled 
up in a ball. Pressing toward the abdominal ring, as 
if a hernia would protrude. Vomiting of sour food, or 
of slimy substances. * Very impatient, can hardly an- 
swer one civilly. * Children want to be carried all 
the time. * He becomes almost furious about the 
pains. 

China. Flatulent colic, with thirst. Tympanitic 
distention of the abdomen. Violent cutting, pinching 
pains about the navel, relieved by bending double. 

* The abdomen feels full and tight as if stuffed. If 
the disease was caused by eating fruit or drinking 
new beer. After exhausting illness, or loss of vital 
fluids. 

Cocc. Violent spasms of the stomach, with a griping- 
lacerating sensation. Contraction of the abdomen, with 
a downward and outward pressure. Flatulent colic 
at midnight ; belching relieves. * Abdomen distended, 
and feels as if full of sharp stones when moving. 

Coffea. Insupportable labor-like pains in the abdo- 
men. Sensation as if the bowels would be cut to 
pieces; horrible cries and grinding of the teeth. 

* The patient becomes desperate on account of the 
pains. Cannot bear to be touched, the parts are so 
sensitive. * Great excitability. 

Colo. Violent cutting, constrictive or spasmodic pains. 

* Feeling in the whole abdomen as if the intestines were 
being squeezed between stones, compelling one to bend double, 
worse in any other position. Great restlessness, moan- 
ing, and lamentation. After violent indignation, or 
after the abuse of opium. 

Cup. met. Violent spasms in the abdomen and in 
the upper and lower limbs, by spells. Cutting and 
lacerating in the bowels. * A violent piercing pain, 
as if a knife were penetrating through from the um- 
bilicus to the back. Fearful cries as if he were being 
killed. Convulsive movements and distortions of the 
limbs. 

Ignatia. Periodical spasms in the abdomen in sen- 
sitive and hysterical persons. Colic, lirst pinching, 
afterwards sticking in one side of the abdomen. 
Nightly flatulent colic, and much rumbling in the 



COLIC. 41 

bowels. * Sadness and sighing, with a w T eak, empty 
feeling at the pit of the stomach. 

Ipecac. Horrid, indescribable pain and sick feel- 
ing in the stomach. Cutting- and pinching (as if 
grasping with the hands) around the umbilicus, worse 
by motion, and better by rest. * Constant nausea, 
stooping causes him to vomit. After vomiting, inclina- 
tion to sleep. 

Merc. Very sensitive over the pit of the stomach 
and abdomen. Pinching pains in the abdomen, dur- 
ing which he is attacked with chilliness and shuddering . 
Frequent urging to stool; slimy diarrhoea. * Cold 
clammy sweat on the thighs and legs. 

Nux vom. Cramp-like pains in the stomach, with 
pressure towards the thorax. Pressure in the stomach 
as from a stone. Cutting, pinching pains, with desire 
to vomit and belch. Flatulent colic, with distention 
of the bowels. * Frequent urging to stool, without 
effect. Persons of a malicious, irritable disposition; 
high livers, and the victims of drug medication. 

Plumb, met. Violent colic, with sunken abdomen. 
* Terrible contractive pains, drawing in the abdomen 
to the back. Constriction of the intestines, the navel 
and anus are violently drawn in. * Obstinate consti- 
pation, faeces lumpy, and packed together like sheep's 
dung. Suppression of urine from paralysis of the 
bladder. 

Puis. Putrid, bitter taste, especially after taking 
food or drink. Aching drawing pains in the pit of 
the stomach. Eructations tasting of the ingesta. 
Painful sensitiveness of the abdominal walls. Fre- 
quent loose stools very changeable, worse at night. 
Patient can't bear to be covered, and craves fresh cold 
air. If caused from eating rich greasy food. * Per- 
sons of a mild, tearful disposition. 

Sulph. Painful sensitiveness in the abdomen, as 
if ail the parts were raw and sore. Pain as if some- 
thing would be torn out. Hemorrhoidal colic. Thin, 
lean persons, who walk stooping. After eating sweet 
things. 

Verat. alb. Pain here and there in the abdomen, 
as if cut with knives. Terrible colic (cutting painsj, 
4* 



42 CONSTIPATION. 

with violent nausea and vomiting. Great thirst for large 
quantities of cold drinks. Anxiety, fear, and despair. 
* Cold sweat over the whole body. Great weakness, 
with very feeble pulse. 



CONSTIPATION. 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Alumina. Great inactivity of the rectum, as if 
paralyzed. Hard and difficult stool attended with 
pain in the rectum. * Stools very hard, knotty, and 
scant. Sensation of pricking and excoriation in the 
rectum after an evacuation. * Much pressing and 
straining to pass even a soft stool, so inactive is the 
rectum. 

Agaricus. Stools first hard and knotty, afterwards 
loose, and finally diarrhoeic. Itching and tingling of 
the anus, as of ascarides. Gastric derangements, 
with sharp stitches in the region of the liver. * Itching, 
burning, and redness of the feet and hands, as if 
frozen. 

Ammo. mur. Whining, peevish, insociable mood. 
Empty eructations, and painful stitches in the left hy- 
pochondrium, early in the morning. Disposition to 
constipation; stools large and hard, followed by soft 
stools. * Large hard stools, crumbling as they pass 
from the anus. 

Anacar. Frequent and ineffectual urging to stool. 
* The rectum feels as if stopped up with a plug. If 
the expulsion does not take place soon, a painful 
twisting is felt across the abdomen. Stools, first loose, 
afterwards hard and of a very pale color. 

Ant. crud. Hard stool with very difficult expul- 
sion and much previous straining. Alternate diar- 
rhoea and constipation of aged persons. * A sensa- 
tion as if a copious stool would take place, when only 
flatus is expelled ; finally a very hard stool is voided. 
Protrusion of the rectum during stool. 

Apis mel. Pain in the eyeballs and forehead. 



COXSTIPATIOX. 43 

Inability to fix the thoughts on any subject. Tender- 
ness of the abdomen to pressure. No stool for several 
days, then very difficult, with stinging pains in the 
abdomen. * Sensation in the abdomen as if some- 
thing would break if much effort was made to void the 
stool. 

Bell. Constipation, with tendency of blood to the 
head. When stooping, the blood rushes to the head 
followed by giddiness. * Violent throbbing and stitch- 
ing pains, particularly in the forehead. Plethoric in- 
dividuals, or persons with blonde hair and red com- 
plexion. 

Bryo. Lips dry and parched, with much thirst for 
large quantities of water. Frequent eructations, 
especially after a meal ; food is vomited immediately 
after eating. Headache as if the skull would split, 
aggravated by the least motion. * Hard, dry stools 
as if burnt. Irritable mood, 

Calc. carb. * Stools large, hard, and sometimes 
only partially digested. After stool, a gloomy feeling 
in the head. * Cold damp feet. Women who suffer 
with profuse and too frequent menses. Scrofulous dia- 
thesis. 

Caust. Frequent and unsuccessful desire to pass 
stool, accompanied with pain, anxiety, and redness of 
the face. * Stools tough, light-colored, whitish, shin- 
ing like grease. Soreness in the anus and rectum when 
walking. 

Chelido. Suitable to persons subject to hepatic 
diseases. Sallow, jaundiced complexion. * Constant 
pain under the lower inner angle of the right shoulder- 
blade. * Stools like sheep's dung. 

Graph. Constipation with much tenesmus and 
stitches in the rectum. * Stools hard and knotty, the 
lumps being united by mucous threads. Sometimes a 
large quantity of mucus is expelled with the stool. 
Unhealthy skin. * Itching blotches over the body, 
which emit a glutinous fluid. 

Ignatia. Difficult stool, causing prolapsus of the 
rectum. Anxious desire for stool, with inactivity of 
the rectum. Constipation from taking cold, or from 
riding in a carriage. * After stool, a violent stabbing 



44 CONSTIPATION. 

stitch, from the anus upwards into the rectum. * Full 
of grief, with a weak, empty feeling in the stomach. 
Hemorrhoids, the tumors prolapse with every stool. 

Iodine. In the constipation of scrofulous people, 
with a low cachectic state of the system. * Stools 
hard, knotty, and dark-colored. Chronic headache, 
and vertigo, especially in old people. Throbbing in 
the head at every motion. 

Kali carb. Constipation every other day, with 
painful drawing in the abdomen. Inactivity of the rec- 
tum. The stools are too large, and there is a sensa- 
tion as if the rectum were too weak to expel it. * Dis- 
tress with stitching colicky pains an hour or two be- 
fore stool. Aged persons inclined to be fleshy. 

Lycop. Ineffectual urging, particularly in the 
evening. Stools very hard, scant, and passed with great 
difficulty. Sensation after stool as if much remained 
behind. Acidity and heartburn, with great drowsiness 
after dinner. Much fermentation as if a yeast-pot 
were in the abdomen. * Loud rumbling and gurgling 
in the bowels. * Red sediment like sand in the urine. 

Mag. mur. Frequent and severe pressure on the 
rectum with colic. Stool hard and knotty, with pain 
in the rectum when passing it. * Large difficult stools 
crumbling when passing from the anus. Throbbing 
in the pit of the stomach, with dulness of the head. 

Nitric ac. Painless constipation. Stools hard, 
dry, and scant. Difficult, irregular stool, with much 
pressing. Headache ; it feels as if surrounded by a 
tight bandage. Sour or bitter taste after eating; sour 
eructations. Excessive flatulence. * Fetid and strong 
smelling urine, like that of horses. Antidotes all dis- 
eases having a mercurial origin. 

Nux vom. Stools large, hard, and passed with 
great difficulty. * Sensation as if the anus were 
closed, or too narrow. Frequent eructations of sour 
or bitter fluids. Feeling of fulness in the stomach 
soon after eating. * Sensation as if a stone, or lump 
of lead were in the stomach. Constipation from seden- 
tary habits, and of pregnant women. Where the dis- 
ease has been induced by the use of rich or highly- 
seasoned food, drastic medicines, or prolonged 
drugging. Frequent urging to stool. 



CONSTIPATION. 45 

Opium. Torpor of the bowels, after chronic diar- 
rhoea, or from abuse of cathartics. Costiveness for 
weeks, with loss of appetite. * Stools of nothing but 
.small hard black balls. * Constipation from fright or 
fear. Paralysis of the intestines. 

Phos. For persons with phthisical constitutions, lean 
and slender. * Stools long, narrow, and hard, like a 
dog's; very difficult to expel. Alternate diarrhoea 
and constipation of old people. * Belching up large 
quantities of wind after eating. Very sleepy after 
meals, especially after dinner. 

Plumb, met. Constipation with violent colic. 
• Stools composed of little hard black-brown balls, re- 
sembling sheep's dung. A sense of constriction in the 
sphincter ani. with ineffectual urging. 

Puis. Constipation produced by derangement of 
the stomach, consequent upon eating too much rich, 
greasy food. Obstinate constipation ; also, alternate 
diarrhoea and constipation. Adapted to females, or 
persons of a mild, gentle, tearful disposition. 

Ruta. Hard, scanty stool, almost like sheep's- 
dung. * Frequent urging to stool, with protrusion of 
the rectum. Great difficulty in voiding the stool on 
account of the protrusion of the rectum. Constipa- 
tion following mechanical injuries. 

Sarsap. Obstinate constipation, with urging to 
urinate. Desire for stool, with contraction of the in- 
testines and pressure from above downwards. * Feel- 
ing as if the bowels would be pressed out during stool. 
Frequent but scanty emissions of urine, especially at 
night. 

Sepia. Stools hard and knotty, sometimes mingled 
with mucus, with cutting pains in the rectum. * Sense 
of weight or of a lump in the anus, not relieved by 
stool. * Especially suited to pregnant women, or to 
females suffering from uterine difficulties. 

Silicea. Constipation of difficult stools, as if the 
rectum had not power to expel them. * After much effort 
and straining, the stool recedes back into the rectum after 
having been partially expelled. Constipation of fe- 
males, particularly before and during menstruation ; 
also of infants and scrofulous children. 



46 COUGH. 

Sulph. Chronic constipation. Stools hard and 
lumpy, mixed with mucus, followed by burning pain 
in the anus and rectum. Hard, knotty stools, insuffi- 
cient, accompanied by hemorrhoids. The first effort 
at stool is often very painful, compelling the patient to 
desist. Flashes of heat, and throbbing headache. 

* Constant heat on top of the head. * Frequent weak, 
faint spells. 

Sulph. ac. Hard, knotty stools, streaked with blood, 
very fetid. Pain during stool as if the rectum would 
be torn. Pinching in the sides of the abdomen, and 
prickings in the anus during stool. * Much debility, 
with a tremulous sensation over the whole body, with- 
out trembling. . 

Thuya. Violent pain in the rectum during stool. Dis- 
charge of large, hard, brown faeces, in balls, streaked 
with blood. Painful contraction in the anus and rec- 
tum, followed by tearing pains in the bowels. * Co- 
pious and frequent urination, with burning in the 
urethra. 

Verat. alb. Chronic constipation, particularly of 
infants. Stools of large size and very hard. Inac- 
tivity of the rectum, it seems as if paralyzed. * Much 
straining, with cold perspiration on the forehead. 

* Great exhaustion and faintness after stool. 
Zinc. met. Constipation, with hard, dry, insuffi- 
cient stool, with much straining, and rumbling in the 
bowels. * Trembling of the hands, with coldness of 
the extremities. * Chronic sick headache, and great 
weakness of sight. Fidgety feeling in the feet and legs ; 
he must move them constantly. 



COUGH. 

Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aconite. Short, dry cough, arising from a constant 
tickling in the larynx, excited by smoking, or drink- 
ing, and at night. Stitches in the chest, hindering 
respiration. Cannot breathe freely, the lungs feel as 



COUGH. 47 

if they would not expand. * Persons of a plethoric 
habit, and where the disease was induced by a cold 
west wind. 

Arnica. Dry, short, and tickling cough, particu- 
larly in the morning after rising. Also for a cough with 
expectoration of mucus and coagulated blood. Stitch- 
ing pain in the side of the chest, increased by coughing. 
* The chest and abdomen feel as if bruised, with 
shortness of breath. 

Arsen. Dry cough, as if caused by the smoke of 
sulphur, with a sense of suffocation ; aggravated by 
drinking, at night after midnight, and in the cold air. 
Cough with scanty and difficult expectoration, some- 
times with blood-streaked mucus. Anxious and op- 
pressive shortness of breath, particularly when going 
up stairs. * Anxiety, restlessness ; thirst for cold 
water, but drinks little. 

Arum tri. Loose cough, particularly in children 
and aged persons, where there is inability to expecto- 
rate the accumulated mucus. Hoarseness ; throat sore 
and feels as if excoriated. * Discharge of a gleety 
fluid from the nose, excoriating the nostrils and 
upper lip. 

Bell. Dry spasmodic cough, worse at night and 
from motion. Night-cough, frequently waking the 
patient from sleep, with catarrh and stitches in the 
chest. Sensation as if down or dust were in the throat, 
causing a constant tickling in the larynx, with irresistible 
desire to cough. * Redness and heat of the face, with 
throbbing headache. 

Bryo. Dry cough, preceded by a tickling or creep- 
ing in the pit of the stomach, and vomiting of the in- 
gesta during the cough. Violent cough, particularly 
in the morning, with expectoration of a quantity of 
mucus. Stitches in the chest, when coughing or 
breathing deep. Sensation when coughing, as if the 
head and chest would fly to pieces. * Dry hard stools 
as if burnt. Is very irritable and disposed to be angry. 

Calc. c. Dry cough, especially in the evening and 
after midnight, with palpitation of the heart. Also 
cough early in the morning, with yellow expectoration. 
Tightness in the chest, as if there was not room to 



48 COUGH. 

breathe. General weakness ; great fatigue when 
walking. * When going up stairs he is out of breath 
and has to sit down. * Cold damp feet. 

Caps. Dry cough, worse in the evening and during 
the night. Headache and inclination to vomit during 
the cough. Throbbing pain in the chest. * Shudder- 
ing and chilliness in the back. 

Carb. veg. Short dry cough, caused by a tickling 
in -the throat, which frequently excites vomiting and 
retching. Also for a violent cough, with expectora- 
tion of a quantity of yellowish pus, accompanied by 
stitches in the left side of the chest. 

Caust. Short dry cough, caused by a constant tick- 
ling in the throat without expectoration. * Cough 
with involuntary emissions of urine. Soreness of the 
chest when coughing. Hoarseness, particularly in the 
morning, with dry cough. 

Cham. Dry tickling cough, worse at night, even 
during sleep, especially in children after taking cold. 
* One cheek red and the other pale. * Patient very 
irritable, can hardly answer one civilly. * Children 
are very cross and want to be carried all the time. 

China. Dry hacking cough, as if caused by the 
vapor of sulphur, without any expectoration. Cough 
excited by laughing, talking, drinking, or by deep in- 
spiration. Also cough with expectoration of clear tena- 
cious mucus, or blood-streaked mucus. * After hem- 
orrhage from the lungs, and other debilitating losses. 

Cina. Dry spasmodic cough, particularly in children 
troubled with worms. The child starts suddenly as if it 
would loose its senses, gasps for breath, coughs and 
gags as if something was in his throat. * Continually 
picking and boring at the nose, * The urine turns 
milky after standing but a short time. 

Dros. Loose cough, with expectoration of yellow- 
ish mucus, and hoarse voice, having a deep base sound. 
Pain in the chest and under the ribs when coughing, 
obliging the patient to hold the painful part with the 
hands. Vomiting of food, after which, of phlegm and 
water. Worse at night when lying in bed, after sing- 
ing, laughing, &c. 

Hepar s. Croupy cough, with loose rattling of 



COUGH. 49 

phlegm in the windpipe. * Rattling, choking cough, 
worse after midnight. ' Also, for a dry hoarse cough, 
worse in the morning. * Cannot bear to be uncovered, 
the least exposure to cold excites the coug-h. Anxious. 
hoarse, wheezing respiration. 

Hyos. * Dry spasmodic cough, especially at night 
and when lying down, relieved by sitting up. Bluish 
color of the face, twitching and jactitation of the mus- 
cles over the whole body. Hysterical females and 
young girls. 

Ignatia. Dry spasmodic cough, as if caused by the 
vapor of sulphur or dust in the throat. Constant hack- 
ing cough in the evening in bed. * Full of grief, with 
weak, empty feeling at the pit of the stomach. 
p Stitches in hemorrhoidal tumors during every cough. 

Ipecac. Dry cough, produced by a tickling in the 
upper part of the larynx. Suffocative cough, with rat- 
tling of mucus in the bronchial tubes when breathing. 
Children when coughing almost suffocate, and become 
purple in the face. * Much nausea, and vomiting of 
tenacious, white, glary mucus. Green, watery, or 
fermented stools, with nausea and colic. 

Kali bi. Loose cough, with rattling in the chest. 
Cough with thick, heavy expectoration of bluish, 
lumpy mucus. * Cough, with expectoration of tough 
'scid mucus, which can be drawn out in long strings. 
L>uring the cough, pain in the sternum, darting- 
through between the shoulders. 

Lachesis. Short, dry cough, caused by a tickling 
in the throat. * The slightest pressure on the larynx 
causes a violent cough and a sense of suffocation. 
Larynx and throat painful to touch ; cannot bear any- 
thing on, the neck. Soreness in the chest and stitches 
in the side, worse when coughing. Worse during the 
day. and after sleeping. 

Lyco. Cough with gray, salt expectoration, and 
great weakness of the stomach. Morning cough with 
■zpectoration and violent pain in the side. Also 
cough with thick white - yellowish expectoration. 
Stitches in the left side of the chest during an inspira- 
tion. * Fan-like motion of the aire nasi. Constipa- 



50 COUGH. 

tion of large, hard, difficult stools. * Red sediment 
like sand in the urine. 

Merc. Dry cough, which sounds as if the whole 
inside of the chest were dry. Cough with expectora- 
tion of yellowish mucus ; sometimes attended with 
spitting of blood. * Much perspiration affording no 
relief. Patient worse at night and in damp, rainy 
weather. 

Nux vom. Dry cough, caused by a rough, scrap- 
ing, acrid sensation in the throat. Dry cough in the 
evening and at night, with slight expectoration through 
the day. Cough with pain in the head, as if the skull 
would burst, or a sensation as if bruised in the region 
of the stomach. * Constipation of large, hard, diffi- 
cult stools. Aggravation in the morning, and from 
physical or mental exertion. 

Phos. Mostly a dry cough, arising from a tickling 
in the throat and chest, and where it is excited by 
reading aloud, talking, laughing, or drinking. * Dry 
tickling cough in the evening, with tightness across the 
chest. * Long, narrow, hard stools, very difficult to 
expel. Tall, slender persons, with phthisical consti- 
tutions. 

Phos. ac. Cough with expectoration of yellow 
phlegm, only in the morning. Cough with purulent, 
very offensive expectoration. Headache when cough- 
ing, with nausea and vomiting of food, or with invol- 
untary emissions of urine. 

Puis. Dry cough during the night, going off when 
sitting up in bed. Also, a loose cough, with yellowish, 
greenish, or bitter expectoration, which is discharged 
easily. * Morning cough with much yellow, salty, 
bitter, disgusting expectoration ; sometimes attended 
with vomiting. Stitching pains in the sides of the 
chest, particularly when lying down. * All the symp- 
toms worse towards evening. Persons of a mild tear- 
ful disposition. 

Silicea. For a dry or loose cough, with expec- 
toration of a quantity of transparent mucus. Dry 
hacking cough, with soreness of the chest. Also 
cough, with vomiting of much purulent matter. Aching 
in the sternum, towards the stomach. Want of vital 



CROUP. 51 

heat ; inclines to be cold. * Constipation, the stools 
recede after having been partially expelled. 

Stann. Loose cough, with rattling breathing. 

* Cough, with profuse greenish expectoration of a dis- 
agreeable sweetish taste. Also cough with yellowish 
expectoration having a putrid taste. After every 
cough, a sore feeling in the chest and trachea. Scrofu- 
lous or phthisical subjects. 

Sulph. Dry cough, with hoarseness and dryness 
in the throat. Also, for a loose cough, with expecto- 
ration of greenish lumps having a sweetish taste. 

* Much rattling of mucus in the lungs, cough worse 
in the morning. Dry, scaly, unhealthy skin. $ Lean 
persons, who walk stooping. 

Tartar em. Loose cough, without expectoration. 
Battling or hollow cough, worse at night, with suffo- 
cative spells. * Throat full of phlegm, sweat breaks 
out at every coughing spell. * Nausea and vomiting 
of large quantities of mucus. Thirst day and night. 

Verat. alb. Deep hollow cough, caused by a tick- 
ling low down in the bronchial tubes, with slight expec- 
toration. Cough with yellow expectoration, and a 
bruised pain in the chest after coughing. Violent 
cough with blueness of the face, and involuntary emis- 
sions of urine. Excessive weakness. 



CROUP. 

Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aconite. First stage, when there is high fever, 
dry hot skin and great restlessness. On attempting to 
swallow, the child cries as if from soreness and pain 
in the throat. * Loud breathing during expiration, 
but not during inspiration. * Every expiration ends 
with a hoarse, hacking cough. 

Ammo. caus. Deep, weak voice ; can scarcely 
utter a word. Cough with copious expectoration of 
mucus, especially after drinking. Difficult, labored, 
rattling breathing; stertorous breathing. Spasms of 
chest and suffocative fits. 



52 croup. 

Bell. Heat of the head; face flushed and eyes red. 
Great soreness of the 'larynx, and when touched the 
child seems as if it would suffocate. Bright redness 
of the fauces. Dry, barking, spasmodic cough. Short, 
anxious inspirations with moaning. * Sleepiness, but 
cannot sleep. * Starting and jumping during sleep. 

Bromine. Great oppression and difficulty of breath- 
ing; child gasping for air. Spasm of the larynx causing 
suffocation. Dry, hoarse, spasmodic cough, with wheez- 
ing, rattling respiration, impeding speech. * Forma- 
tion of a false membrane in the larynx and trachea. 
Pulse frequent, feeble, and tremulous. Worse from 
evening until midnight. 

Cham. Catarrhal croup, where there is much 
hoarseness, wheezing and rattling of mucus in the trachea. 
Dry, short, croupy cough, worse at night, even during 
sleep. * The child is very cross, and wants to be car- 
ried all the time. * One cheek red and the other pale. 

Hepar s. Croup, with loose, rattling, choking cough; 
the air-passages seem clogged with mucus. Violent 
fits of coughing as if the child would suffocate or vomit ; 
slight nervous or vascular excitement. * The child 
cannot bear to be uncovered, and coughs whenever 
any part of the body gets cold. Great drowsiness and 
profuse sweat. 

Iodine. * Soreness and pain in the throat and 
chest, which the child manifests by grasping the 
parts with the hand. Dry, short, hacking cough, with 
great difficulty of breathing. Membranous croup, with 
wheezing, sawing respiration. * Face pale and cold ; 
voice deep, rough, and hoarse. 

Kali bi. In true membranous croup. The disease 
approaches gradually; at first, there is slight dyspnoea, 
with hoarse, croupy cough; as it progresses, the diffi- 
culty of breathing increases, and the air as it passes 
through the trachea, sounds as though it were passing 
through a metallic tube. Hoarse, dry, barking cough. 
Tonsils and larynx red, swollen, and covered with a 
pseudo-membrane. Head inclined backwards; violent 
wheezing and rattling in the trachea, heard at a dis- 
tance. 

Lachesis. In far advanced cases, where there is 



CYSTITIS, ETC. 53 

threatened paralysis of the lungs. Patches of exuda- 
tion on the fauces. * Larynx very painful to touch, 
the slightest pressure causes spasmodic suffocative 
cough. Can bear nothing tight about the neck. Toss- 
ing about and moaning during sleep. * Distressing 
aggravation after sleeping. 

Phos. Great hoarseness with painfulness of the 
larynx, impeding speech. * Cannot talk on account 
of pain in the larynx. * Trembling of the whole body 
while coughing. Shortness of breath, which otherwise 
has a natural sound. Hoarseness after croup, and 
where there is a tendency to relapse. 

Spong. * Non-membranous croup, where there is a 
rough, crowing, and barking cough. Slow, loud, wheez- 
ing and sawing respiration, or suffocative fits, with ina- 
bility to breathe except with the head bent backwards. 
* The stridulous respiratory sound is heard during 
inspiration, and the cough which is dry, is excited only 
during the respiratory act. Fluent coryza, and some- 
times sneezing, with saliva drivelling from the mouth. 

Tartar em, In the advanced stages of croup, where 
there are indications of paralysis of the pneumogastric 
nerves. * With every cough, a sound as if a large 
quantity of mucus were lodged in the bronchial tubes, 
while none is expectorated. Respiration very difficult, 
short, hoarse, shrill, or whistling. The chest expands 
with great difficulty : head thrown back, much anxiety 
and prostration. Forehead, and sometimes the whole 
body, covered with cold perspiration. 



CYSTITIS, ETC. 



The symptoms characterizing inflammation of the 
bladder are so closely related to those of Dysuria, 
Irritable bladder, Retention of urine. &c, that we will 
include under one head the appropriate remedies for 
these several morbid conditions. 

Therapeutics. Principal remedies. 
Aeon. Dry, hot skin, intense thirst and great 
6* 



54 CYSTITIS, ETC. 

restlessness. Frequent and violent urging to urinate, 
with difficult and scanty emissions of deep red turbid 
urine. * Retention of urine, with stitches in the kid- 
neys. Painfulness of the region of the bladder. 

* Great fear and anxiety of mind, with nervous ex- 
citability. 

Arnica. When the disturbance arises from me- 
chanical injury. Retention of urine, with tenesmus 
of the neck of the bladder. Urging, the urine dropping 
out involuntary. Brown urine, with brick-red sediment. 

* Pain in the small of the back as if bruised. 

Apis m. Burning, smarting pain before and after 
urination. Stinging pains in the urethra during 
micturition ; the urine dark-colored and scanty. * Incon- 
tinence of urine, with great irritation of the parts ; 
worse at night and when coughing. * Sensation as 
if something in the abdomen would break, if too much 
effort was made to void the urine. 

Bell. Difficult micturition, the urine being passed 
drop by drop, with frequent urging. The urine is 
yellow and turbid, or the color of gold ; sometimes 
depositing a reddish sediment. * Constant dribbling 
of urine, wholly involuntary; also enuresis with pro- 
fuse perspiration. Sharp stitches low down in the 
abdomen, in the direction of the perineum. * Pains 
come on suddenly, and cease just as suddenly. Feel- 
ing in the back as if it would break. 

Camph. Burning heat in the region of the bladder. 
Retention of urine with constant pressure on the blad- 
der and desire to urinate. Red thick urine, depositing 
a thick sediment. Burning in the urethra during 
micturition. * Strangury, especially if caused by the 
abuse of cantharides. Coldness of the extremities, 
with cramp in the calves. 

Cann. in. Inflammation of the bladder. Painful 
discharge by drops of bloody urine. Darting stitches in 
the "posterior portion of the urethra. * Violent burn- 
ing in the urethra during and after micturition. 
Drawing pain from the region of the kidneys to the 
inguinal glands, with anxious and sick feeling in the 
pit of the stomach. 

Canth. Swelling and tenderness in the region of 



CYSTITIS, ETC. 55 

the bladder, with tensive and burning pain in the 
loins. Violent pains and burning heat in the bladder. 
F Very frequent micturition, with burning and cutting 
pains, so severe the patient screams aloud. Constant 
desire to urinate, with scanty emissions of dark or bloody 
urine. Abdomen distended and painful to contact. 

Caps. Frequent but ineffectual desire to urinate. 
The urine is emitted in drops, is hot and burning. 
* Burning smarting in the urethra after micturition. 
The urine deposits a white sediment. * Shuddering 
and chilliness in the back. 

Caust. Difficult, frequent, and painful micturition. 
The urine is light-colored, like water ; it is loaded 
with lithic acid and lithates, with great debility. * In- 
voluntary emissions of urine when coughing, or at 
night. Aching and crampy pains in the small of the 
back, in the region of the kidneys. 

Colch. Persons of a gouty or rheumatic diathesis. 
Constant desire to urinate, with scanty emissions of 
dark-red urine depositing a tchitish sediment. Burning 
and tenesmus in the urethra. Rheumatic pains in the 
limbs, especially during warm weather. 

Coni. Especially old men, and persons suffering 
from excessive sexual indulgence. * The flow of 
urine suddenly stops, then continues at short intervals. 
Cutting pain in the urethra while urinating. Urine 
thick, white, and turbid. * Vertigo, particularly when 
lying down. 

Dig. Inflammation of the neck of the bladder. 
Continual desire to urinate ; each time only a few drops 
are emitted. * Frequent, sharp, cutting pains in the 
neck of the bladder, as if a straw was being thrust back 
and forth. Urine dark brown and hot. Can. retain 
the urine best in a recumbent posture. 

Dulc. Painful pressing down in the region of the 
bladder. Urine turbid and white, or reddish and burn- 
ing, depositing at times a red, at times a white sedi- 
ment. * The disease was induced by exposure to 
damp, cold weather, or it gets worse every time the 
weather changes. 

Lachesis. Dull pain in the bladder, and stitching 
pains in the region of the kidneys. Frequent micturi- 



56 CYSTITIS, ETC. 

tion with copious discharge of foaming, dark urine. 
Yellow urine, the color of sulphur or saffron. Sensa- 
tion as if a ball were rolling in the bladder. * Very un- 
happy and distressed after sleeping. Women at the 
climacteric period. 

Lyco. Much pain in the small of the back, and 
pressure in the region of the kidneys. Stitches in the 
bladder and rectum. Pain in the back previous to 
urination, with relief as soon as the urine begins to 
flow. * Red sediment like sand in the urine. * Constant 
sense of fulness in the stomach. Cutting pain across 
the hypogastrium from right to left. * Great fear of 
being left alone. 

Merc. Stinging pains in the small of the back, 
with a sensation of weakness. Constant desire to 
urinate, with scanty emissions of dark-red urine soon 
becoming turbid and fetid. The urine looks as if mixed 
ivith blood, with white flakes or as if containing pus. 
* Worse at night, and in damp rainy weather. 

Nux vom. Burning and lacerating pain in the neck 
of the bladder and urethra. Painful, ineffectual desire to 
urinate, with discharge of a few drops of red, bloody, 
burning urine. Spasmodic stricture of the urethra, 
with retention of urine. * Constipation, with large, 
hard, difficult stools. Persons of sedentary or intem- 
perate habits, or who suffer from hemorrhoids. 

Phos. Contractive pain in the bladder, or stitches 
from the neck of the bladder to the anus. Urine 
white like curdled milk, soon becoming turbid with 
brick-dust sediment. Also brown urine, with sediment 
of red sand. Smarting, cutting, and jerking in the 
urethra. * Constipation, stools long, narrow, hard, and 
very difficult to expel. 

Phos. ac. Great desire and urging to urinate, 
with pale face, heat and thirst. * Frequent micturi- 
tion, the urine like milk mixed with jelly-like, bloody 
pieces, with pain in the kidneys. * Is very weak and 
indifferent to the affairs of life. 

Puis. Aching, burning, and cutting pains in the 
region of the bladder. * Retention of urine, with 
redness, heat, and soreness of the vesical region ex- 
ternally. * Involuntary emissions of urine when sit- 



DELIRIUM TREMENS. 57 

ting, coughing, or walking. * After urinating, spas- 
modic pain in the neck of the bladder, extending tc 
the pelvis and thighs. Scant, red, brown urine, with 
reddish, blood?/, or mucous sediment. Persons of a mild, 
tearful disposition. 

Rhus tox. Involuntary emissions of urine at night 
or when at rest. Difficult urination, with drops of 
bloody urine. * Snow-white sediment in the urine. 
Rheumatic subjects ; worse before a storm and in 
damp weather. 

Ruta g. Frequent pressing to urinate, with scanty 
discharges of green urine. Pressure on the bladder 
as if continually full. * The pressure to urinate con- 
tinues after micturition. 

Sarsa. Tenesmus of the bladder, with cutting 
pain during micturition. Urine red, fiery, turbid, 
containing long flakes. The urine contains large 
quantities of pale sand. Children cry before and dur- 
ing micturition. Pain in tl*e small of the back, ex- 
tending towards the genital organs. 

Sulph, Obstinate cases, the urine is mixed with 
mucus or blood ; very fetid. * Burning in the urethra 
during micturition. Incontinence of urine, particularly 
at night. * Constant heat on top of the head. * Lank, 
lean persons who walk stooping. 

Terebinth. Burning drawing pains in the kid- 
neys. Pressure in the bladder extending up into the 
kidneys when sitting-, disappearing when walking 
about. * Urine mixed with blood, forming a dirty 
reddish-brown or blackish fluid, with sediment like 
coffee-grounds. 



DELIRIUM TREMENS. 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Arsen. Pale, jaundiced complexion. Bloated face 
and cold blue skin. Fainting fits, particularly during 
vomiting. The patient imagines that vermin are 
crawling about the bed, and ugly animals are staring 



58 DELIRIUM TREMENS. 

him in the face. * Great restlessness and fear of 
death. * Extreme thirst, drinks little and often. 

Bell. Persons of a full plethoric habit. Flushed 
face and red eyes, with dilated pupils. * Boisterous 
delirium, with desire to escape. He tears the clothes, 
strikes, bites, and shrieks in his rage. * Sudden 
starting and jumping while sleeping. 

Camph. Features distorted ; eyes sunken ; face, 
hands, and feet icy cold. Confusion of ideas, mania- 
cal delirium, convulsions, frothing at the mouth, and 
insensibility. * Retention of urine, with constant 
pressure on the bladder. 

Cofifea. Headache as if a nail were driven into the 
brain. * Excessive irritability and wakefulness.. 
Talks in his sleep and wakes with starting. 

Hyos. Twitching and jerking of the muscles, 
especially of those about the eyes and face. Furious 
delirium, ivith wild staring look, dilated pupils, and throb- 
bing of the carotids. Convulsive movements ; subsul- 
tus tendinum. * Grasping at imaginary objects, mut- 
tering. 

Lachesis. Where the throat is principally affected 
with difficult deglutition. * Cannot bear anything 
about the neck, not even his neck-tie. Talks much, 
flying from one subject to another. * The attacks are 
worse in the afternoon and after sleeping. 

Nux vom. Trembling of the limbs and spasmodic 
twitching in different parts of the body. Incapable 
of thinking correctly. Makes frequent mistakes in 
talking. Delirium with frightful visions and efforts 
to escape. * Very irritable, and wishes to be alone. 
* Constipation with large difficult stools. Apprehen- 
sive of death. 

Opium. Patient lies in a comatose state, with 
eyes half open. Loud stertorous breathing. * Complete 
loss of consciousness and sensation. * Delirious talk- 
ing, with eyes wide open. Pupils widely dilated, or 
contracted. Pulse full and labored, or slow and feeble. 

Stram. Disposed to talk continually. Sings and 
prays most devoutly. * Awakens with a shrinking look 
as if afraid of the first object seen. * Loquacious de- 
lirium, with desire to escape from bed. Dilatation of 



DEXTITIOX. 59 

the pupils. Staring, somnolent eyes. Grinding of 
the teeth and distortions of the mouth. 

The best remedies for the inclination to drink, and 
the evil effects of habitual drunkenness, are Ars., Nux 
vom., Sulph., Sulph. ac. 



DENTITION. 

Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aeon. * Constant restlessness, which no change 
of position seems to relieve. The child cries, whines. 
or frets most of the time and cannot be quieted. 
If Dry, hot skin, disturbed sleep, much heat about the 
head, and great thirst. Green watery diarrhoea, or con- 
stipation. 

Apis m. Frequent waking at night, or during 

sleep with screams. Red spots here and there over 

the whole body. Urine scanty, sometimes profuse. 

-'/eUowish, watery diarrhoea, worse in the morning. 

* Much yawning and uneasiness. 

Arsen. The child has a very pale and waxen look, 
and is very weak. It often vomits all fluids soon after 
taking them, particularly water. * Drinks often, but 
little at a time. * Very restless, tossing from side to 
side. Fetid, undigested stools; dry and shrivelled 
skin. 

Bell. The child moans a great deal ; awakens from 
sleep in a fright, with staring eyes. * Starting and 
jumping during sleep. Face and eyes red, pupils 
dilated, head hot. * Convulsions, followed by sound 
sleep. Gums swollen and inflamed, with numerous 
blood-vessels showing on the surface. 

Borax. The child is very nervous, starts and 
jumps at the least noise. Sometimes it will start, cry 
out and hold on to things as if afraid of falling. 
P Cannot bear a downward motion even during sleep. 

* Aphthae in the mouth, causing the child to cry out 
when nursing. 

Bryo. Mouth and lips dry and parched. The child 



60 DENTITION. 

wishes to be kept very quiet ; gets faint and sick when 
raised up in bed. * The food is thrown up soon after 
taking it unchanged. Thirst for large draughts of 
water. * Hard, dry stools as if burnt, or morning 
diarrhoea. * Desire for things which are rejected 
when offered. Very irritable. 

Calc. c. Large head with open fontanelles — 
scrofulous. Much perspiration about the head during 
sleep. * Cold damp feet. * White, chalk-like stools, 
or thin and whitish. Sour vomiting, or regurgitation 
of food. Swollen, distended abdomen, with emacia- 
tion and good appetite. 

Caust. Children with delicate skin, which becomes 
chafed or excoriated during the process of teething. 
Prolonged constipation ; stools tough, covered with mu- 
cus, and shine like grease, * Yellowish, sickly-looking 
face. 

Cham. Great irritability and sensitiveness of the 
nervous system. Starting, uttering sudden cries and 
tossing about during sleep. * Very cross, wants to be 
carried all the time. * One cheek red and the other 
pale. Convulsive twitchings of the extremities. Diar- 
rhoea, with greenish, yellowish, or whitish, mucous stools, 
smelling like bad eggs. Dry cough, especially during 
the night. 

Cicuta. * Grinding of the teeth, with pressing of 
the jaws together, like lock-jaw. Convulsions, with 
limbs relaxed, hanging down, or stiff, rigid, and ex- 
tended. A kind of half-sleep with tossing. 

Cina. Paleness of the face, particularly around 
the nose and mouth. Disposition to pick or rub the 
nose. * Very restless during sleep, must be kept in 
motion all the time to be quieted. Very peevish, wants 
many things ivhich it rejects immediately . * Urine whitish 
like milk. Grinding of the teeth ; hacking cough. 

Coffea. * The child is very excitable and sleep- 
less. It frets and worries in a pitiful manner ; cries one 
moment and laughs the next. The system is feverish, 
and the child is greatly exhausted for want of sleep. 

Cup. m. Great uneasiness and tossing about. 
Convulsions, beginning with cramps in the lower extremi- 
ties and drawing in the fingers and toes ; much throwing 



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• 

about of the limbs, frothing at the mouth, and choking 
in the throat. Green painful stools and vomiting of 
mucus. 

Dulc. Pale face, with circumscribed redness of the 
cheeks. Dry coryza and frequent sneezing. Diar- 
rhoea with yellowish, greenish, or whitish stools. 
Nausea or real vomiting. * Symptoms all worse by 
every damp, cold change in the weather. 

Ferr. Dentition advances very slowly, and an ob- 
stinate diarrhoea is the result. * Stools composed of 
mucus and undigested food. * Painless, exhausting 
diarrhoea, sometimes excoriating the parts. Vomiting 
of food soon after taking it. * Sudden flushing of the 
face. Emaciation, debility, and exhausting sweats. 

Graph. Unhealthy condition of the skin. Rawness 
in the bends of the limbs, on the neck, and behind the 
ears. * Eruptions over the head and face which dis- 
charge a sticky, glutinous fluid. Constipation of large 
knotty stools. 

Hepar s. Dry herpetic eruptions on the skin, 
especially in the bend of the arms, groin, upon the 
face and scalp, itching violently. * The gums are 
very tender and apparently very painful. Diarrhoea, 
stools whitish and smelling sour. Stomach inclined 
to be out of order ; craves sour or strong-tasting 
things. 

Hyos. The child continually puts its fingers into 
the mouth, presses its gums together as if chewing on 
something. Eyes red and sparkling. * Convulsions, 
beginning with twitching of the muscles of the face, 
especially about the eyes. Dark, bloated appearance 
of the face; dilated pupils. * Deep sleep, muttering, 
and picking at the bed-clothes. Yellow, watery, in- 
voluntary stools. 

Ignat. Frequent flushes of heat, with perspiration. 
The child awakens from sleep with piercing cries, and 
trembling all over. Convulsive jerking of single parts. 

* The child is much distressed, sighs, sobs, and cries. 
Stools bloody mucous, often attended with tenesmus 
and prolapsus of the rectum. 

Ipecac. Pale face, with blueness around the eyes. 

* Continual nausea, with frequent vomiting. Diar- 

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62 DENTITION. 

rhoea ; stools green as grass, or fermented with many 
colors. Catarrh, with suffocative cough and rattling 
of mucus in the bronchia. 

Kreasote. Very painful dentition. The protruding 
gum seems infiltrated with a dark, watery fluid. * The 
teeth begin to decay almost as soon as they are through 
the gums. The sufferings are usually aggravated dur- 
ing the night. Constipation, with hard, dry stools, or 
diarrhoea with dark-brown, watery, very offensive stools. 

Lach. * The child always awakens in distress, 
and is worse after sleeping. Convulsions, which 
usually occur as the child goes to sleep Gums dark- 
purple and painful to touch. * Difficult deglutition, 
can't bear the throat to be touched. 

Lyco. The child sleeps with its eyes partially 
closed, throwing its head from side to side, with moan- 
ing. Just before passing water, the child cries and 
screams as if in great pain. * Red sand-like sediment 
in the urine. Much rumbling of wind in the bowels. 
Worse about four p. m., and better during the night. 

Mag. carb. Green and sour-smelling diarrhoea 
which has continued a long time. * Stools green 
watery, resembling the scum of a frog-pond. Frequent 
vomiting of sour-smelling substances. Loss of appe- 
tite, emaciation. 

Merc. * Copious salivation, redness of the gums, 
and sometimes little ulcers on the tongue and mouth. 
Diarrhoea, with greenish, slimy, or bloody stools, with 
much straining. Yellowish and strong-smelling urine. 
Aggravation at night. 

Nux vom. The child is very irritable and cross. 
Loss of appetite with increased thirst. * Constipa- 
tion, with large difficult stools, or small, frequent, 
lumpy, or brown mucous stools. * Especially suited 
to children raised on cow's - milk, &c, or whose 
mothers indulge in highly-seasoned food, wines, &c. 
Aggravation early in the morning. 

Nux mos. Exhausting diarrhoea, with thin yellow 
stools, like beaten or stirred eggs. * The diarrhoea is 
accompanied with great drowsiness. Symptoms worse 
at night, and in warm weather. 

Podo. pel. Restless sleep, with half-closed eyes ; 



DENTITION. 63 

moaning and grinding of the teeth. Rolling of the 
head from side to side. Green, watery, or whitish, 
chalk-like stools, very offensive, with frequent gagging 
or empty retching. * Morning diarrhoea, with prolap- 
sus ani during every stool. Aggravation in hot 
weather, and after eating and drinking. 

Rheum. When during dentition a sour-smelling 
diarrhoea is developed, with colic before and tenesmus 
after stool. * Sour smell of the whole body, which 
washing does not remove. Diarrhoea worse by mov- 
ing about, or from uncovering any part of the body. 

Silicea. * Large head with open fontanelles — 
scrofulous. Profuse sour-smelling perspiration on the 
head. Hard, hot, distended abdomen. The protrud- 
ing gum seems blistered, and is very sensitive. * Con- 
stipation, the stool suddenly recedes after having been 
partially expelled. 

Stram. The child's brain seems to be much dis- 
turbed. Violent grinding of the teeth. Moving of the 
fingers during sleep as if searching for something. 

* Convulsions, with cries as if frightened by the sight 
of hideous objects. Agitation of the limbs, particu- 
larly of the arms and hands, with motions of the fingers. 

* Thin, blackish stools, having a putrid smell. 
Sulph. Face pale o_r sallow. Open fontanelles. 

* Eruptions on the skin attended with much itching. 
Restless nights, with frequent waking. Diarrhoea, 
with whitish, greenish, or bloody mucous stools, and 
excoriation of the anus. * Early morning diarrhoea. 
Frequent vomiting of the food taken. * Frequent 
weak, faint spells. 

Sulph. ac. Aphthse of the mouth and gums, with 
much slavering. The child is very irritable, and cries 
much of the time. * Diarrhoea, the stools look like 
chopped, saffron-yellow mucus. Loss of appetite, 
and great debility. 

Verat. alb. Vomiting, and severe empty retching, 
aggravated by the least motion. * Diarrhoea, each 
stool followed by great prostration and cold sweat on 
the forehead. Cold damp feeling of the extremities. 

* Very weak, faint pulse. * Violent thirst for large 
quantities of cold water. 



64 DIARRHOEA. 



DIARRHOEA. 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aeon. Stools frequent and scanty, watery, whitish, 
or slimy. Nausea and sweat before, and tenesmus during 
stool. General dry heat, full and frequent pulse. 

* Vertigo or fainting on rising up. Restlessness and 
intense thirst. * If caused by checked perspiration, 
or exposure to a cold dry wind. 

Aloes. Stools yellow fecal, copious and watery. Is 
driven out of bed early every morning to stool. Before 
stool, a feeling of weight and fulness in the pelvis. 
During stool, tenesmus and heat in the rectum and 
anus. Prominent hemorrhoids, tender to touch. 

* Loud gurgling in the abdomen as of water running 
out of a bottle. Diarrhoea worse after eating. 

Ant. c. Stools watery and profuse, with deranged 
stomach. * Tongue coated white. Violent vomiting of 
bitter, bilious, or slimy mucus ; worse after eating or drink- 
ing. If caused by overloading the stomach. 

Apis. Stools greenish, yellowish, slimy mucous, or 
yellow watery. * Sensation in the abdomen as if some- 
thing would break, when straining at stool. Tongue 
dry and shining; little or no thirst. (Edema of the 
feet. Aggravation in the morning. 

Argen. nit. Stools green, fetid mucous, passing off 
with much flatus. Nausea with loud eructations. Vom- 
iting of glassy, tenacious mucus. Aggravation at 
night, after midnight, and after eating sweet things. 

Arnica. Stools slimy mucous, or brown fermented 
(like yeast). Bitter or putrid taste in the mouth. 

* Putrid eructations, as if from rotten eggs. Aversion 
to food ; bad breath. If caused by mechanical injuries. 

Arsen. Stools thick, dark green mucous, or brown, 
black, and watery. During stool, tenesmus, burning in 
the- anus and rectum. * Great weakness, fainting, 
and rapid exhaustion. * Restlessness, constantly 
changing from side to side. * Great thirst, drinking 
often but little at a time. Vomiting after eating or drink- 
ing. Aggravation at night, after midnight, after eat- 
ing or drinking. 



DIAEEHCEA. 65 

Bell. Stools thin, green mucous, or white watery 
mucous, small and frequent. Clutching pains in the 
abdomen. * Pains which come on suddenly and cease 
as suddenly. * Sleepy, but cannot sleep. * Sudden 
starting and jumping during sleep. Throbbing head- 
ache. Aggravation in the afternoon, and after sleeping. 

Benz. ac. Stools watery or light-colored ; copious; 
very offensive. * Strong-smelling urine, mostly dark- 
colored. Feels weak and exhausted. 

Bry. Diarrhoea in hot weather, or when the dis- 
ease was induced by taking cold drinks when the system 
was heated. Stools brown, thin fecal, Or undigested. 
p Nausea and faintness from sitting up. * Thirst for 
large quantities of water, at long intervals. Aggra- 
vation in the morning ; from motion ; after suppressed 
exanthemata. 

Calc. c. Diarrhoea of scrofulous persons. Swollen, 
distended abdomen, with emaciation and good appe- 
tite. Stools whitish or watery. Chronic diarrhoea, with 
clay like stools. * Profuse sweat on the head when 
sleeping. * Feet cold as if they had on damp stock- 
ags. Difficult urination; urine clear, smelling strong 
and fetid. 

Carb. veg. Stools light-colored; involuntary ; putrid ; 
cadaverous -smelling. Mostly in the last stage, and 
where the vital powers are greatly exhausted. * Emis- 
sions of large quantities of flatus, inodorous or putrid. 
ssness and anxiety. Aggravation from 5 to 6 p. m. 

Cham. Stools green, watery, corroding, icith colic. 
* Hot diarrhoeic stools smelling like bad eggs. Bitter 
taste with bilious vomiting. * Very impatient, can 
hardly answer one civilly. * Children are very cross 
and fretful, and must be carried all the time. * One 
cheek red and the other pale. Aggravation at night, 
and during dentition. 

China. Stools yellowish, watery, whitish, or blackish, 
with severe spasmodic colic relieved by bending double. 
Painless, undigested, offensive stools, with much disten- 
tion of the abdomen. * Great weakness and inclina- 
tion to sweat. Emissions of large quantities of fetid 
flatus. Thirst, drinks often, but little at a time. Ag- 
gravation at night, after eating, and every other day. 
G* 



66 DIARRHOEA. 

Cina. White, papescent stools. Paleness of the face, 
particularly around the nose and mouth. * Disposi- 
tion to pick and bore at the nose. * White, turbid, or 
jelly-like urine. Restless sleep, frequently changing posi- 
tion, and waking with cries. Grinding of the teeth 
during sleep. Adapted to persons troubled with 
worms. 

Colo. Stools saffron-yellow, frothy, or thin, slimy, 
and watery. Before stool cutting colic, great urging. 

* Feeling in the abdomen as if the intestines were be- 
ing squeezed between stones. Severe colicky pains 
mostly around the navel, relieved by bending double. 
Great thirst ; bitter taste in the mouth. Aggravation 
after taking the least nourishment. 

Crot. tig. * Stools yellow, watery, or greenish-yel- 
low, expelled with great force. Aggravation after drink- 
ing, while eating. Gagging with vertigo, worse after 
drinking. Colic and writhing around the umbilicus. 

Dulc. Stools yellowish, greenish, watery or whit- 
ish. Colic before and during stool. Griping pain in 
the region of the navel, with vomiting of mucus. *If 
the disease was caused by taking cold, or is aggra- 
vated in cold damp weather. Dry heat of the skin. 

Ferrum. Painless diarrhoea. Stools copious, watery, 
undigested. Bowels feel sore as if bruised. Emacia- 
tion, debility, good appetite. Vomiting of the food 
soon after eating it. * The least emotion or exertibn 
produces a red flushed face. 

Gels. Diarrhoea induced by sudden depressing emo- 
tions, fright, grief, bad news. Stools the color of tea, 
dark-yellow. Desire to be quiet. Little or no thirst. 

Gum. gutt. Stools yellow or green, mixed with 
mucus ; very offensive. Before and during stool, strong 
urging, with hot pinching pain in the abdomen. 

* Feeling of great relief after stool, as if an irritating 
substance were removed from the intestines. * Rapid 
expulsion of the stool. 

Hepar. Painless or chronic diarrhoea. Stools light- 
yellow, green, slimy, undigested. * Sour-smelling diar- 
rhoea. Better after eating. Hot, sour regurgitation 
of food. * Feeling of fulness in the stomach, with de- 
sire to loosen the clothing. 



DIARRHCEA. 67 

Hell. nig. * White, jelly-like mucous stools, with 
rging and tenesmus. In protracted and dangerous 
rises, during dentition, or acute hydrocephalus. 
Vomiting of green or blackish substances. 
Hyos. Painless, yellow watery diarrhoea. * Invol- 
ntary stools without being conscious of it. Diarrhoea 
uring typhoid fever, and in lying-in women. 

Ipec. Stools grass-green mucous ; fermented. Before 
nd during stool, nausea and colic. * Vomiting of 
ellow, green, or jelly-like mucus. Paleness of the 
ace, and coldness of the extremities. * Flatulent colic, 
vith pinching, griping about the umbilicus. 

Iris vers. Painful, green, watery stools, worse at 
light, about two or three o'clock a. m. * Burning in 
he rectum and anus after stool. Periodical diarrhoea. 
Vomiting of sour fluid, with burning in the mouth and 
fauces. 
Iodine. Especially in chronic diarrhoea. Stools 
atery, foaming, whitish. Patient feels better after eat- 
ng. * Restlessness, continually changing position. 
Emaciation with good appetite. Scrofulous persons. 

Kali c. Chronic diarrhoea, with light, gray, fecal 
stools, followed by burning in the anus. Painless 
diarrhoea with much rumbling in the abdomen. * Lit- 
tle sac-like swellings on the upper eyelids in the 
morning. 

Lep. vir. * Stools black, papescent, tar-like, very 
fetid. After stool, sharp cutting pains and distress in 
he umbilical region. Aggravation in the afternoon 
or evening. After exposure to wet, damp weather. 

Lyco. Chronic diarrhoea. Stools thin, brown, 
pale, fetid. A feeling of great fulness in the stomach 
after eating but little. Pain and tenderness of the 
stomach, relieved by loosening the clothing. * Red 
sediment like sand in the urine. In weak dyspeptic 
persons. * Aggravation about 4 p. m., and in the 
morning. 

Mag. carb. Sour-smelling diarrhoea of children. 
* Stools resembling the scum of a frog-pond, or green, 
slimy, and watery. Before stool, cutting and pinch- 
ing pain iu the abdomen. Sour vomiting. (Edema of 
the feet up to the calves. 



QS DIARUHCEA. 

Merc. Stools dark-green, slimy, frothy, or bloody. 

* Frequent urging and tenesmus, during and after stool. 
Cutting, pinching pain in the abdomen, with chilli- 
ness. Bitter bilious vomiting. Violent thirst for cold 
drinks. Aphthae in the mouth, and increased flow of 
saliva. Sour-smelling night-sweat, particularly about the 
head, cold on the forehead. Worse at night and in hot 
weather. 

Nux mos. Stools thin yellow, like stirred eggs. Be- 
fore stool, cutting pain in the abdomen. * Loss of 
appetite, and great droivsiness. Colic worse after eat- 
ing or drinking. The tongue is very dry, it sticks to 
the mouth.* Great distention of the abdomen after 
every meal. Worse at night and in cool damp weather. 

Nux vom. Frequent small watery, slimy, brownish, 
mucous stools. Colic and tenesmus before and during 
stool, with relief after. Dysenteric diarrhoea. * Symp- 
toms worse early in the morning. * Nausea and sour, 
bitter vomiting. After the use of quack nostrums, 
and for persons of intemperate habits. 

Phos. Chronic painless diarrhoea, worse in the 
morning. Stools undigested, watery, with little white 
flakes or lumps like sago. Gradual loss of strength. 
Thirst for very cold drinks. * Vomiting of what has 
been drunk as soon as it becomes warm in the stomach. 
Sleepy in the daytime, particularly after meals. 

Phos. ac. Painless diarrhoea. Stools whitish- watery, 
or yellowish and very offensive. The diarrhoea is 
accompanied with great rumbling in the bowels.. 

* Very indifferent, wants nothing, and cares for 
nothing. Frequent emissions of pale, watery urine. 
Profuse perspiration at night. 

Podo. pel. Painless diarrhoea. Profuse watery 
stools, with meal-like sediment ; also yellow mucous 
stools smelling like carrion. Before stool, loud gurgling 
in the bowels as of water. * During stool, prolapsus 
ani. Gagging or empty retching. Cramp in the feet, 
calves, and thighs. * Always worse in the morning, at 
night, and in hot weather. 

Puis. Stools greenish, yellowish, like bile. * Very 
changeable stools, no two alike. Before stool, rum- 
bling and cutting pain in the bowels. * Diarrhoea, 



DIARRHOEA. 69 

worse at night, from eating fruit, or ice-cream. Bitter 
taste in the mouth after eating. * Craves cool fresh 
air. worse in a close, warm room. Inclination to be 
chilly even in a warm room. White-coated tongue ; 
. loss of taste; thirstlessness. 

Rheum. Stools green, brown, fermented, smelling 
sour. Colic before and during stool, and tenesmus after. 

* The whole body has a sour smell, which cannot be 
. removed by washing. Cutting colic, relieved by bend- 
ing double. Diarrhoea during dentition. 

Rhus tox. Stools reddish mucous, or yellowish mu- 
cous. Cutting colic before and during stool, with relief 
after stool. Troublesome dreams. Involuntary stools 
at night while sleeping. * Aggravation at night, and 
when at rest. 

Secale. Painless diarrhoea. Stools brown, watery, 
or slimy ; discharged rapidly and with great force. Great 
exhaustion during and after stool. Vomiting without 
effort, with great weakness. Great anxiety, and burn- 
ing at the pit of the stomach. * Aversion to heat, or to 
being covered up. Extreme thirst. 

Sulph. Stools very changeable, yellow, brown, 
green, undigested. Early morning diarrhoea, driving the 
patient out of bed in a hurry. Before stool, urging 
and cutting colic. * Constant heat on top of the head. 
Sour or bitter vomiting. * Frequent, weak, faint 
spells. Drowsiness during the day, and wakeful at 
night. After suppressed eruptions. 

Sulph. ac. Diarrhoea with great debility. Pain- 
less, chronic diarrhoea. Stools saffron- colored mucous, 
stringy, green, watery. Coldness and relaxed feeling in 
the stomach. Sour eructations. * Sensation of tremor 
j all over the body without trembling. Aphthae in the 
l mouth. 

Thuya. Copious, pale-yellow, watery stools, discharged 

, with great force ; gurgling like water from a bung-hole. 

j Rapid exhaustion and emaciation. Aggravation in 

the morning, after breakfast and after drinking coffee. 

Verat. alb. Stools profuse watery, blackish or green- 
\ ish. Severe pinching colic before and during stool. 

* After stool, great weakness and empty feeling in the 
ftbdomen. * The suffering causes a cold sweat to 



70 DIPHTHERIA. 

stand on the forehead. Violent vomiting of frothy 
mucus. * Violent thirst for large quantities of cold 
water. Excessive weakness. 



DIPHTHERIA. 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aeon. In the forming stage. Dry, hot skin, and 
very quick pulse. Dark redness of the fauces, velum 
palati, and tonsils. Burning, fine piercing sensation 
in the throat. * Great fear and anxiety of mind, with 
nervous excitability. * Very sensitive to contact. 

Apis m. Great debility from the beginning. The 
membrane assumes at once a dirty-grayish color. 
Puffiness around the eyes, and pain in the ears when 
swallowing. * Stinging pains in the affected parts. 
Itching stinging eruption on the skin. Numbness of 
the feet and hands. 

Arsen. Great anguish, extreme restlessness and 
fear of death. Fetid breath, and viscid foul discharge 
from the nostrils. * Constant desire for cold drinks, 
but can take but little at a time. * Great and increas- 
ing prostration. All worse about midnight. 

Arum tri. Throat raw and sore, as if excoriated. 
Putrid odor from the mouth. * Burning, ichorous 
discharge from the nose, excoriating the nostrils and upper 
lip. Cracked corners of the mouth and lips. Sub- 
maxillary glands swollen. Urine abundant and pale. 

Bell. Great dryness of the fauces ; tonsils bright- 
red and swollen. Cannot swallow, or only with the 
greatest difficulty. * Very restless, feels drowsy yet 
cannot sleep. * Starts in his sleep, or jumps sud- 
denly up in bed. Congestion to the head, with throb- 
bing of the carotid arteries; eyes injected ; delirium. 

Bromine. The disease commences in the larynx 
and rises up into the fauces. In some cases it extends 
into the larynx, producing a croupy cough and much 
rattling of mucus. * Suffocating cough, with hoarse, 
whistling, croupy sound. 



DIPHTHERIA. 71 

Bry. Formation of false membrane on the tonsils 
and palate. Lips parched, dry, and cracked. Thirst 
for large draughts of water. * Wants to remain per- 
fectly still, as the least motion increases his suffering. 
Cannot sit up on account of nausea and faintness. 

* Hard, dry stools as if burnt. 

Calc. chlor. This remedy (Chloride of Lime) is 
highly commended by Dr. Neidhard in all stages of 
the disease. He says, it not only cured the ordinary 
diphtheria, but the most dangerous cases, and also 
diphtheric croup. He uses it both in trituration and 
in solution. 

Canth, Burning and dryness in the mouth, ex- 
tending to the throat and pharynx. Extreme pros- 
tration, sinking, death-like turns. * Constant desire 
to urinate, passing but a few drops at a time. 

Cap. an. Burning and soreness in the mouth and 
throat. Congested appearance of the mucous mem- 
brane. Fauces partially covered with the diphtheric 
deposit. Heat and throbbing in the head. Rapid 
pulse, vertigo and bleeding at the nose. * Chilliness 
in the back. 

Kali bi. Fauces inflamed, and more or less covered 
with a dirty-yellow deposit forming pseudo-membrane. 

* Hoarse croupy cough, with expectoration of stringy 
mucus. Deep-eating ulcers in the fauces. Tough 
stringy discharge from the nose. Swelling of the 
parotid glands. 

Lachesis. The disease mostly appears on the left 
side first. Throat greatly swollen internally and ex- 
ternally. Discharge from the nose and mouth of a 
very fetid and excoriating fluid. * Can bear nothing 
to touch the larynx and throat, — it is so painful. 
Fauces covered with a diphtheric membrane. * Patient 
worse after sleeping. 

Lyco. * The disease commences on the right side 
of the throat and spreads to the left. Brownish-red 
appearance of the fauces. Stitching pains in the 
throat when swallowing. Nose stopped up, and the 
patient cannot breathe with the mouth shut. * Widely 
dilated nostrils with every inspiration. Awakens from 
sleep very cross and irritable. * Red sand in the 
urine. 



72 DYSENTERY. 

Merc. iod. * Pseudo-membranous deposit upon 
the tonsils, uvula, velum palati, and pharynx. TDngue 
coated with a thick, yellow, dirty coating. Tonsils 
much swollen, and there is great difficulty in swallow- 
ing. * Breath very offensive. Expectoration of much 
tough fetid saliva. Hoarse breathing. Swelling of the 
parotid and submaxillary glands. 

Nitric ac. Spreading ulcers in the mouth and 
throat. Putrid-smelling breath. Swelling of the sub- 
maxillary and parotid glands. Corroding discharge 
from the nose. Dry, barking cough ; intermittent 
pulse. * Strong-smelling urine, like that of horses. 
* Sore throat, extending up into the nose, with pro- 
fuse, thin purulent discharge. 

Phytolacca. * Fauces, tonsils, and pharynx 
covered with dark-colored pseudo-membrane. Exces- 
sive fetor of the breath. Great prostration, is unable 
to stand. When rising up in bed, gets faint and dizzy. 
Violent aching in the back and limbs. 



DYSENTERY. 






Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aeon. Usually in the beginning of the disease. 
Stools frequent, small, bloody, or slimy mucous. Dur- 
ing stool cutting pains and tenesmus. * Vertigo on 
rising up. General dry heat and great restlessness. 
* Fear of death ; predicts the day he will die. 

Aloes. Stools bloody, jelly-like mucous. Before 
stool, a sense of fulness and weight in the pelvis, and 
pain around the navel. During stool, tenesmus and 
burning in the rectum. * Loud gurgling in the bowels, 
like water running out of a bottle. Large and promi- 
nent hemorrhoids, tender to touch. 

Arnica. Dysentery caused by mechanical inju- 
ries. Stools clear mucous, or bloody, with tenesmus. 
Bitter or putrid taste in the mouth. * Putrid eructa- 
tions as if from bad eggs. 

Arsen. Stools dark or blackish fluid, mixed with 



DYSENTERY. 73 

blood, of a putrid foul smell. During stool, tenesmus 
and burning in the rectum. * Great anguish, rest- 
lessness, and fear of death. * Extreme thirst, drinks 
often, but little at a time. Rapid prostration and sink- 
ing of the vital forces. Aggravation at night, or after 
eating or drinking. 

Baptisia. Stools scant, bloody mucous. Before and 
during stool, violent colicky pains in the hypogastri- 
ura. During stool great tenesmus. * Soreness of the 
flesh and whole body, with chilliness. * The sweat, 
urine, and stools, are all extremely fetid. 

Belladon. Stools greenish, slimy, bloody. Great 
tenesmus during and after stool. * Clutching pains in 
the abdomen, which appear suddenly, and cease as 

1 suddenly. * Pains are relieved by stopping the breath 
and bearing down. Abdomen hot and tender to pres- 
sure. Sleepiness with restless tossing about. * Sud- 

I den starting, and jumping during sleep. Mouth, and 

' throat very dry, with little or no thirst. 

Bryonia. The disease was induced by getting 
overheated, or from taking cold drinks when the sys- 
tem was very warm. Thin bloody stools, preceded by 
cutting colic. * Sitting up in bed causes nausea and 
vomiting. * The patient wants to keep very still. 
Thirst for large quantities of water at long intervals. 
Aggravation in the morning and by motion. 

Cantharis. Stools white or pale-reddish, like scrapings 
of the intestines. Great tenesmus and burning, sting- 
ing in the anus. * Frequent urging to urinate, with 
slight and painful discharge. High fever, with burn- 
ing and dryness of the mouth, burning thirst, or no 
thirst at all. 

Caps. Stools bloody mucous, or mucous streaked 
with black blood. * After stool, tenesmus and thirst, 
with shuddering after drinking. Tenesmus of the 
bladder. Distention of the abdomen as if it would 
burst. * Chiiiiness in the back. * Taste as of putrid 
water in the mouth. 

Carb. veg. Mostly in advanced stages. Stools 
of foul blood and mucus ; involuntary, smelling terribly. 
* Great prostration, and cold breath. * The patient 
wants more air and to be fanned all the time. Heat 



74 DYSENTERY. 

about the head, and cold perspiration on the ex- 
tremities. 

Cham. Stools frequent, small, green or white mu- 
cous, smelling like bad eggs. Colic before and during 
stool. * Very impatient, can hardly answer one 
civilly. * Children are very fretful, must be carried 
all the time to be appeased. * One cheek red and hot 
* and the other pale and cold. In the first stages, and 
during dentition. 

China. Weakly persons, and others who have lost 
much blood. Stools chocolate-colored, smelling putrid. 
Before stool colic, relieved by bending double. Aggra- 
vation at night, and after a meal. Great weakness 
and inclination to sweat. * Patient worse every 
other day. 

Colch. Stools jelly-like mucous, or bloody, mingled 
with a skinny substance, attended with severe colic and 
tenesmus. During stool, spasms of the sphincter ani, 
with a shuddering over the back. * Autumnal dysen- 
tery, when the days are warm and the nights cool. 
(Edema of the lower extremities ; urine dark-brown 
and scant. 

Colocynth. Stools bloody mucous. Before stool, 
cutting pain and great urging. * Violent colicky pains, 
mostly around the navel, causing the patient to bend double. 
Relief after every evacuation. Abdomen distended 
and painful to contact. Patient worse after a meal. 

Dulc. Stools green mucous, or bloody. If the dis- 
ease was induced by exposure to cold. .* Symptoms 
all aggravated by every cold change in the weather. 
Dry heat of the skin, and much thirst. 

Ipecac. Stools bloody, or bloody mucous. Great 
pressing to stool, with griping and pinching about the 
navel. * Much nausea and vomiting. Disgust and 
loathing of all kinds of food. If caused by eating un- 
ripe, sour fruit. No thirst. 

Kali bi. Stools bloody, or jelly-like. During 
stool, painful urging arid tenesmus. Gnawing pain 
about the navel. * Tongue dry, smooth, red, and 
cracked. Much thirst, desire for acids. Aggravation 
in the morning. 

Mag. car. Stools bloody mucous, or green slimy mu- 



DYSENTERY. 75 

cons. Before stool cutting and pinching in the abdo- 
men. During and after stool tenesmus. Tongue coated 
dirty-yellow. Sour vomiting. In children during 
dentition. 

Merc. cor. Stools p ure blood, or bloody mucus. 
During stool, painful pressing, straining, and tenes- 
mus. Almost constant cutting pain in the abdomen, 
mostly around the umbilicus, * Great tenesmus of the 
bladder, with scanty secretion of urine. 

Merc. sol. Stools bloody mucous, or green, slimy. 
Before stool, violent and frequent urging. During and 
after stool, violent tenesmus. * Wants to remain a long 
time at the chamber. Pinching and cutting colic, with 
chilliness and shuddering. Prolapsus ani. Violent 
thirst for cold drinks. Profuse night sweats, particu- 
larly, on the head. All the symptoms worse at night, 
and in damp rainy weather. 

Nitric ac. Stools profuse, bloody. Before stool, 
drawing colicky pain. During stool, tenesmus and 
spasmodic contraction of the anus. Long-lasting pains, 
which are very exhausting. * Spreading ulcers in the 
mouth, with fetid breath. 

Nux vom. Stools thin, bloody mucous, sometimes 
mingled with hard lumps of fsecal matter. Before stool, 
constant urging; back-ache as if broken. During 
stool, violent tenesmus, and cutting pain in the hypo- 
gastrium, with desire to vomit. After stool, relief. 
* Persons of intemperate habits, or who have been 
drugged with nostrums. Symptoms worse in the morning. 
■ Patient very irritable, and wants to be alone. 

Phos. Stools green, slimy, or bloody. Painless 
dysentery. The anus remains open as if paralyzed. 
Symptoms worse in the morning, and from lying on the 
left side. Thirst for very cold drinks, which are 
thrown up as soon as they get warm in the stomach. 

Podo. pel. Stools bloodj/ and green mucous, or jelly- 
like mucous. Disease attended with little or no pain. 
'Prolapsus ani during and after stool. Children toss 
their heads from side to side. * Gagging or empty retch- 
ing. Aggravation in the morning, at night, and dur- 
ing dentition. Loud rumbling in the bowels. 

Puis. Stools blood-streaked mucous. Before stool, 



76 DYSMENOKRHCEA. 

rumbling and cutting colic. During stool, chilliness 
and pain in the back. Thick yellow coat on the 
tongue. Bitter taste in the mouth. * Thirstlessness. 

* Worse towards evening and at night. 

Rhus tox. Stools reddish mucous, or jelly-like. 
Before and during stool, cutting colic. * Pain which 
runs in streaks down the limbs with every evacuation. 
Remission of the pains after stool, and from moving about. 

Staph. Stools, yellow mucous. Before and after 
stool, cutting pains in the bowels. During stool, tenes- 
mus of the rectum and bladder. Always worse after 
drinking cold water. 

Sulph. Stools green mucous, or blood-streaked 
mucous ; changeable. Before stool cutting colic. 
After stool tenesmus. Painful sensitiveness of the abdo- 
men, as if the internal parts were raw and sore. * Weak, 
faint spells, frequently through the day. Dysentery, 
consequent upon suppressed cutaneous eruptions. 

* Lean persons, who walk stooping, or who suffer from 
piles. 



DYSMENORRHEA. 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Ammo. C. Menses premature and abundant, pre- 
ceded by griping colic and loss of appetite. Discharge 
blackish, in clots, passing off with pain in the abdo- 
men. Paleness of the face, sadness, and toothache. 

Bell. The pains precede the flow, with congestion to 
the head and confusion of sight. Frightful visions 
and screaming. * Disposition to bite and tear things. 
Redness and bloatedness of the face. * Strong bearing 
down in the lower parts of the abdomen, as if every- 
thing would escape through the vulva. * Pains come 
on suddenly and cease just as suddenly. Discharge 
copious, and of a bright-red color; sometimes clotted 
and offensive. 

Cactus. Menses scanty and cease flowing when 
lying down. * Terrible pains causing her to cry 



DYSMENORRHEA. 77 

out aloud and weep. Pains come on periodically, 
mostly in the evening. * A feeling as if the heart was 
constricted with an iron band. Palpitation of the 
heart, worse when lying on the left side. 

Calc. c Preceding the flow, swelling and tender- 
ness of the breasts, headache, colic, shiverings and 
leucorrhcea. During the flow, cuttingin the abdomen, 
toothache, bearing down in the abdomen, and enlarge- 
ment of the veins. * Feet cold as if they had on 
damp stockings. Scrofulous diathesis. 

Cham. Pressure towards the uterus, resembling 
labor-paijis. * Discharge dark - colored and coagu- 
lated, with tearing pains in the thighs. Frequent de- 
sire to pass urine. Bloated red face, or one cheek red 
and the other pale. Hot perspiration about the head. 

* Very impatient, can hardly answer one civilly. 
Cimicifu. Scanty or profuse flow of coagulated 

blood. * Severe pains in the back, down the thighs 
and through the hips. Labor-like pains with heavy 
pressing down. Hysteric spasms, cramps, tenderness 
of the hypogastric region. Low-spirited and very 
sensitive. 

Conium. Discharge scant, and brown in appear- 
•ance. Previous to the menses, the breasts swell, be- 
come hard and painful. Pressing dow r nwards in the 
abdomen and drawing in the legs. * Much difficulty 
in voiding urine, it stops and starts repeatedly. 

* Aching pains about the heart, and vertigo when 
lying down or turning over in bed. Painful abdomi- 
nal spasms. 

Nuz vom. Menses return too soon, discharge 
thick and clotted. Writhing pains in the abdomen with 
nausea, or pain in the back and loins as if dislocated. 

* Soreness across the pubis as if bruised. Frequent 
desire to pass urine. Constipation with frequent urg- 
ing, hard difficult stools. After the use of drugs 
and nostrums. 

Phos. Menses too early and scant. Very sleepy 

during the flow, she can hardly keep awake. Stitches 

in the mammae, sour eructations and vomiting of sour 

nces. Great fermentation in the abdomen. 

Cutting in the hypogastric region, chilliness, cold 



78 DYSPEPSIA. 

hands and feet. * Sensation of weakness and empti- 
ness in the abdomen. * Long, narrow, hard stools, 
very difficult to expel. 

Puis. Delayed menses, the blood is thick and 
black, flowing by fits and starts. Feeling of heaviness 
as if from a stone in the pelvic cavity. * Pains so 
violent that she tosses about in all directions, with 
cries and tears. Drawing sensation and numbness 
extending down the thighs. * Vertigo on rising up, 
with chilliness. * Mild, tearful woman. Worse in a 
warm room. 

Sepia. Menses too early and scant. Colicky pains 
and great bearing down, obliging her to cross the limbs. 
Before the menses, leucorrhoea, excoriating the parts. 
* Painful sensation of emptiness at the pit of the 
stomach. Sick stomach, particularly in the morning. 
Constipation of hard, knotty, difficult stools, with a 
sensation of weight in the anus. 

Sulph. Discharge thick, black, and acrid. Vio- 
lent pinching in the abdomen, with great heat, chilli- 
ness, and sort of epilepsy. * Constant heat in top of 
the head. * Frequent flashes of heat and weak faint 
spells. Chronic cutaneous eruptions. Lean persons 
who walk stooping. 



DYSPEPSIA. 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Ant. cr. The disease was caused by overloading 
the stomach. Tongue coated white. * Eructations 
tasting of the food last eaten. Nausea and vomiting. 
Watery stools, mingled with hard lumps. Thirst, worse 
at night. 

Arnica. If caused by a blow or concussion. Sore 
bruised feeling in the stomach. Eructations, tasting 
like bad eggs. Sense of fulness in the pit of the 
stomach. Tongue coated yellow. After meals, incli- 
nation to vomit. Bitter or putrid taste. 

Arsen. Derangement of the stomach from ice- 



DYSPEPSIA. 79 

cream, fruit, and acid things. * Nausea and vomiting 
after eating or drinking. Heat or burning in the stom- 
ach. * Intense thirst, drinking often but little at a 
time. Anxious restlessness. Rapid prostration of 
strength. * Pressure as of a stone in the stomach. 

Bry. Dyspepsia occurring in hot weather, or 
from drinking cold water when over-heated. Loath- 
ing of food, sometimes so violent that even the smell 
of it is intolerable. Stitching pains in the stomach, 
worse from motion or pressure. Soreness over the 
region of the stomach. Frequent eructations, especially 
after a meal. Food is thrown up immediately after eat- 
ing. * Constipation, stools dry and hard as if burnt. 

* Is very irritable, everything vexes him. 

Calc. c. Pressure as of a weight in the stomach, 

* Cannot bear anything tight around the hypochon- 
drium. Sour taste in the mouth. Vomiting of the 
ingesta, which tastes sour. Aversion to meat and 
warm food, with desire for dainties. * Cold damp 
feet. Profuse menstruation. Cannot sleep after 3 a. m. 
Stools large, hard, and sometimes only partially 
digested. 

Carb. v. Frequent eructations affording only tem- 
porary relief. The most innocent kind of food disa- 
grees with the stomach. * Sensation as if the stom- 
ach and abdomen would burst when eating or drink- 
ing. Sour rancid belchings, and burning in the 
stomach. After debauching. 

Cham. Painful bloatedness of the epigastrium in 
the morning, with a sensation as if the contents were 
rising to the chest. * Aching pain in the stomach 
and under the short ribs. Bitter taste with bilious 
vomiting. * Very impatient, can hardly answer a 
civil question. 

China. * Abdomen feels full and tight as if stuffed, 
eructations affording no relief. * Aversion to every 
kind of nourishment. Craves wine or sour things. 
Eructations tasting of the ingesta. Debility with de- 
sire to lie down after every meal. Weakly persons who 
have lost much blood. 

Gel. sem. Feeling of emptiness and weakness in 
the stomach and bowels. Distention of the stomach 



80 DYSPEPSIA. 

with pain and nausea. Burning in the stomach ex- 
tending up to the mouth. * Symptoms all worse from 
sudden emotions, fright, grief, or bad news. * False 
hunger — a kind of gnawing in the stomach. 

Hepar. The stomach is easily disordered despite 
the utmost care. Craving for acids or strong acrid 
articles. Nausea, and eructations without taste or 
smell. Putrid or metallic taste. * Accumulation of 
mucus in the throat. Hard, difficult stools. Risings 
in the oesophagus as if he had been eating sour 
things. 

Hydras. * Dull aching pain in the stomach, which 
causes a very weak faint feeling. Burning pain in 
the umbilical region. Eructations of sour fluid. Cut- 
ting pain in the stomach. * A feeling of goneness in 
the region of the stomach, with violent palpitation of 
the heart. 

Lye. Feeling of great fulness and heaviness in 
the stomach after a meal. * After taking a mere 
swallow of food, feels full up to the throat. * Con- 
stant sense of fermentation in the abdomen, like yeast 
working. Much rumbling, particularly in the left hypo- 
chondria. Distressing pain in the back before uri- 
nating. *Red sand in the urine. Constipation, stools 
hard, scant, and passed with great difficulty. Symp- 
toms worse about 4 p. m. 

Merc. * Very sensitive about the pit of the stom- 
ach and abdomen. When sitting, the food feels like a 
stone in the stomach. Pressure in the epigastrium., eruc- 
tations and heartburn after a meal. Aversion to solid 
food, meat, warm food, with desire for refreshing 
things. Much salivation, with saltish, metallic taste. 

Nux vom. Putrid or bitter taste in the mouth 
early in the morning. Frequent sour eructations. * Re- 
gion of the stomach is very sensitive to pressure. 
Cramp-like pains in the stomach, with pressure, particularly 
after a meal. Cannot bear the clothing fastened. * Ris- 
ing of sour and bitter fluids from the stomach. * Very 
irritable, and wishes to be alone. Constipation with 
frequent urging, and a sensation as if the anus were 
contracted. Persons of sedentary or intemperate hab- 
its, or the victims of drugs and nostrums 



ENCEPHALITIS. 81 

Puis. Tongue coated white or yellow, with bad taste in 
the morning. * Eructations after a meal, tasting of the 
food last eaten. Beating in the region of the stomach. All 
kinds of fatty food, pork, pastry, ice-cream, etc., par- 
ticularly disagree. * Vertigo when stooping or rising 
from a sitting posture. Chilliness and flashes of heat. 
No thirst. Nightly diarrhoea. Mild,- tearful disposition. 

Sepia. Pulsations in the stomach during a meal. 

* Great weakness of digestion. Sour or bitter eruc- 
tations. Pressure on the stomach as of a stone. 

* Yellowness of the face, with a streak across the 
nose resembling a saddle. * Constipation of hard, 
knotty, difficult stools, with a sense of weight in the 
anus. 

Silicea. Bitter taste in the morning. Nausea, 
especially in the morning, or after a meal. * Water 
tastes badly; vomits after drinking. Pains in the 
stomach with water-brash. No appetite, but great 
thirst. * Constipation, the stool recedes after having 
been partly expelled. 

Staph. Sensation as if the stomach were hanging 
down relaxed. Soon after full and substantial meal 
the patient feels hungry. * Extreme hunger, even 
when the stomach is full of food. 

Sulph. Sour eructations and much troublesome 
acidity in the stomach. Region of the stomach sensi- 
tive to contact. Feels very weak and faint about 11 
a. M. ; must have something to eat. * Frequent weak 
faint spells. * Burning heat on top of the head. 

* Early morning diarrhoea. * Lean persons who walk 
stooping. 



ENCEPHALITIS. 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aeon. In the commencement, when there is a 
high degree of fever, evinced by a hot, dry skin and 
hard* quick pulse. Congestion of blood to the head, 
with redness of the face. * Great anxiety and fear of 



82 ENCEPHALITIS. 

death, predicts the day he will die. * Sleeplessness, 
restlessness, tossing from side to side. Vertigo or 
fainting on rising up. 

Bell. Violent throbbing and stitching pains in the 
head. * Red sparkling eyes, with furious look. Face 
red and bloated. Great heat in the head, with violent 
throbbing of the carotids. * Furious delirium, with 
desire to escape from bed ; he tries to strike, bite, 
and injure those around him. * Great intolerance of 
noise and light. Pupils contracted or dilated. * Start- 
ing and jumping during sleep. 

Bry. Pain in the head, as if the skull were being 
pressed asunder. Congestion of blood to the head, with 
heat and burning. * Delirious talk, at night with 
desire to escape. Lips dry and parched, with great 
thirst. * Wants to keep perfectly still, as the least 
motion makes him worse. Sudden starting up from 
sleep. * Sitting up in bed causes nausea and fainting. 

* Constipation of dry, hard stools, as if burnt. Very 
irritable. 

Cimic. Intense pressing, throbbing pain in the 
head, mostly in the vertex and occiput, with delirium. 

* Sensation as if the brain was. too large for the skull, 
and as if the top of the head ivould fly off. Severe pain 
in the eyeballs. Swelling in the back part of the 
tongue. 

Cup. act. If the disease has arisen from the retro- 
cession of some acute eruption. Fretfulness or apathy. 
Restless or disturbed sleep. Inability to hold the head 
erect. Convulsive movements and distortions of the 
limbs. * When drinking, the fluid descends with a 
gurgling noise. Grinding of the teeth. 

Hell. Usually in the last stage, when serous exu- 
dation has already taken place. * Face pale and 
puffed. * Soporous sleep, with screaming and start- 
ing. * Lower jaw sinking down. * Chewing motions 
with the mouth. * Automatic motions with one arm 
and one leg. Squinting, pupils dilated. 

Hyos. Drowsiness and loss of consciousness. In- 
distinct speech. Delirium with wild staring look, 
jerking of the limbs and throbbing of the carotids. 
White coated tongue ; frothing at the mouth. * Staring, 



ENTERITIS. 83 

distorted eyes, with double vision. Starting up sud- 
denly from sleep. * Muttering, with picking at the 
bed-clothes. Involuntary stools and urine. 

Opium. Lethargy, with stertorous breathing, eyes 
half closed. Stupefaction after waking. * Delirious 
talking, eyes wide open. Face purplish and swollen. 

* Acuteness of hearing. Fearfulhess and great ten- 
dency to start. After grief, fright, or violent mental 
emotions. * Constipation, stools round, hard, black 
balls. 

Stram. Great indifference. He does not notice 
the objects around him. Stupefaction of the senses. 

* Loquacious delirium, with desire to escape out of 
bed. * Awakens with a shrinking look, as if afraid 
of the first object seen. Disposed to talk continually. 

* Grinding of the teeth, with shuddering. Lips sore 
and cracked, and sordes on the teeth. Glistening eyes 
and staring look. Black fluid stools. 



ENTERITIS, 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aeon. In the early stage, presenting a high in- 
flammatory fever, dry hot skin, and full frequent pulse. 
Mouth and tongue dry. with intense thirst. Abdomen 
swollen and tender to touch. * Cutting, burning, and 
tearing pains in the umbilical region, aggravated by 
the least pressure. * Great fear and anxiety of mind, 
with nervous excitability. Bright-red and hot urine. 

Ars. Usually in the last stage. Very rapid and 
weak pulse. Sudden sinking of strength, cold, clammy 
sweat, and great restlessness. * Intense thirst, drinking 
often but little at a time. * Burning in the abdomen, 
with cutting and lancinations, icorse after eating or 
drinking. Vomiting, especially after eating or drink- 
ing. Symptoms all worse after midnight. 

Bell. Great heat and tenderness of the abdomen. 
Violent contractive, or clutching pains in the bowels 



84 ERYSIPELAS. 

* Pains which appear suddenly, and cease as suddenly. 
Congestion of blood to the head, with throbbing of the 
carotids. * Face flushed, eyes red and sparkling. 

* Great intolerance to noise and light. Starting and 
jumping during sleep. Sleepiness, but cannot sleep. 
Almost constant moaning. Partial or general spasms, 
with unconsciousness. 

Bry. Inflammation, with hard swelling around the 
umbilicus. * Stitching or lancinating in the bowels, 
worse from the slightest motion. * Lies perfectly 
still, don't want to move. * Cannot sit up on account 
of nausea and faintness. Lips parched, dry, and 
cracked. Great thirst for large draughts of water. 
Vomiting immediately after eating or drinking. * Con- 
stipation of hard, dry stools as if burnt. Very irrita- 
ble, everything makes him angry. Delirium, wants to 
get out of bed and go home. 

Canth. Heat and burning in the abdomen and 
bowels, which are very sensitive to pressure. Cutting 
burning pains through the bowels. * Violent burning 
thirst, with aversion to all kind of drinks. * Tenesmus 
of the bladder, with ineffectual efforts to urinate. 
Stools pale-reddish mucous, like scrapings of the intes- 
tines. Anxious restlessness. 

Merc. Abdomen swollen, hard, and painful to con- 
tact. Cutting, stabbing pains in the bowels, accompa- 
nied by chilliness and shuddering. * Green or bloody 
mucous stools, with violent tenesmus. * Profuse per- 
spiration affording no relief. Pale, wretched com- 
plexion. Foul smell from the mouth ; vomiting of 
bitter mucus. Restless sleep. Vomiting of bitter or 
bilious mucus. 



ERYSIPELAS. 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aeon. Chill and synochal fever, with dry hot skin 
and full quick pulse. Great redness, tingling, and 
burning in the face. Chilliness with internal heat. 



ERYSIPELAS. 85 

* Vertigo from sitting up in bed. * Great fear and 
anxiety of mind, with great nervous excitability. 

* Cannot bear the pain, nor to be touched or un- 
covered. 

Apis m. Erysipelas of the face, with oedematous 
swelling. * Burning, stinging pains in the affected 
parts. Pressing pain in the forehead and temples, 
worse when sitting or in a warm room. * Chilliness 
from the least motion, with heat, of the face and hands. 

* Dryness of the throat without thirst. Urine dark- 
colored and scanty. 

Ars. When the parts assume a blackish hue, with a 
tendency to gangrene. * Burning pains, the parts burn 
like fire. * Rapid prostration of strength. * Great 
anguish, extreme restlessness, and fear of death. * In- 
tense thirst, drinking little and often. Worse at night, 
particularly after midnight. 

Bell. Especially in facial erysipelas. * Smooth 
shining skin, not much swollen. * The redness be- 
gins in a small spot, and runs in streaks from the 
centre. * Congestion of blood to the head, with deli- 
rium and throbbing of the carotids. Throbbing head- 
ache, worse from motion. * Great intolerance of light 
or noise. Aggravation about 3 p. m. 

Bry. If the disease attacks the joints. Hot, red 
swelling of the affected parts, with inability to move 
them. * Pains stitching, burning, and stinging ; 
worse from the least motion or touch. * Patient wants 
to remain perfectly quiet. * Cannot sit up from nau- 
sea and faintness. Lips parched, dry, and cracked. 
Headache as if it would split open. Very irritable 
and impatient. Dry, hard stools as if burnt. 

Graph. Unhealthy skin ; the slightest injury in- 
clines to suppurate. * Phlegmonous erysipelas of the 
head and face, with burning, tingling pains. * Vesic- 
ular eruptions, discharging a sticky glutinous fluid. 
Persons inclined to obesity. 

Hepar. Where the disease inclines to terminate in 
suppuration. The eruption is very sensitive to touch. 
Especially after the abuse of mercury. Empty feeling 
at the stomach. 

Opium. Cases which supervene during pneumonia, 
8 



86 GASTRITIS. 

typhoid or other fevers. * Profound coma, with 
stertorous respiration. General appearance stupid 
and besotted. Eyes dull and watery, pupils dilated. 
Face dark-red and bloated. Stools composed of hard 
black balls. Slow pulse. 

Puis. Erratic erysipelas, where the redness disap- 
pears in one place to reappear in another. Hard, blu- 
ish-red swelling, with burning heat, and stinging, 
particularly when touching or moving the part. * Ver- 
tigo when rising from a sitting posture, with chilli- 
ness. Thickly coated tongue, with very bad taste in the 
morning. Mild, tearful persons, with blue eyes and 
blonde hair. 

* Rhus. * Vesicular erysipelas. Burning and red- 
ness of the surface, which soon swells and becomes 
covered with watery vesicles. * Intolerable burning, 
itching, and tingling in the affected parts. Swelling 
and redness of the face, with partial or entire closure 
of the eyelids. Bruised feeling in the limbs and back. 
Amelioration from moving the affected parts. 

Sulph. In cases terminating in ulceration, and 
where it has assumed a chronic form. The parts burn 
and itch when near the fire, or from getting in a heat. 

* Frequent weak faint spells. Vesicular eruptions 
filled with pus. * Constant heat on top of the head. 
Early morning diarrhoea. Dry, husky, scaly skin. 
Scrofulous diathesis. 



GASTRITIS. 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aeon. Synochal fever, evinced by hot, dry i 
full quick pulse, and intense thirst. Sharp, snooting 
pains in the stomach, which is tender to touch. * Bit- 
ter bilious vomiting, with anguish and fear of death. 
Everything except water has a bitter taste. * Great 
fear and anxiety of mind, with great nervous excita- 
bility. Shortness of breath ; great restlessness. 

Arn. If caused from a blow or some mechanical 



GASTRITIS. 87 

injury. Painful pressure in the stomach, with pinch- 
ing, spasmodic, griping pains. * Vomiting of dark 
coagulated blood. * Sore, bruised feeling all through 
the body. Belching, with taste of putrid eggs. Com- 
plains all the while of the bed being too hard, and 
keeps changing about continually. 

Ars. Anxious expression of countenance. Great 
tenderness of the epigastric region to pressure. 

* Heat, or burning in the stomach, with sharp, shoot- 
ing pains. * Vomiting of everything eaten or drank. 
During the vomiting violent pain in the stomach. * Urgent 
thirst for cold water, drinks often but little at a time. 

* Great restlessness and anxiety, with fear of death. 
Rapid prostration of strength. 

Bell. Great tenderness of the whole abdomen, 
with painful pressure in the stomach. Burning and 
cutting pains in the stomach. * Pains which couie on 
suddenly and cease as suddenly. Congestion of blood 
to the head, with throbbing headache. Delirium, with 
desire to escape from bed. * Great intolerance to light 
and noise. * Starting and jumping during sleep. 
Sleepiness but cannot sleep. 

Bry. Region of the stomach exceedingly sensitive ; 
cannot bear the least pressure on it. Stitching and dart- 
ing pains in the pit of the stomach. Burning in the 
stomach. * Vomiting immediately after eating or drink- 
ing. * Nausea and faintness from sitting up in bed. 
Delirium, with desire to escape from bed and go home. 
Lips parched, dry, and cracked. Thirst for large 
draughts of cold water. * Wants to remain perfectly 
quiet. Hard, dry stools, as if burnt. 

Canth. Violent pains in the stomach ; the patient 
tossing about in despair. Severe burning in the stomach, 
sometimes extending down into the bowels. * Con- 
stant desire to urinate, passing but a few drops at a 
time. Stools like scrapings of the intestines. Burn- 
ing thirst. * Vomiting, with violent retching and 
severe colic. Anxious restlessness. 

Ipec. Where nausea and vomiting are the most 
prominent features. Diarrhoea, with grass-green mucous 
stools, and cutting colic. 

Iris v. Great burning distress in the epigastric region. 



88 HEADACHE. 

Intense burning in the region of the pancreas. * Sharp 
cutting pains of short duration, and changing often. 
Distressing nausea and vomiting, with pain in the 
stomach. Aggravation by motion. 

Nux v. Face red and bloated. Tongue red, clean, 
and tremulous. Burning pain in the stomach, which is 
very tender to touch. * Contractive, spasmodic pains 
in the stomach. * Vomiting of sour-smelling mucus, 
also of blood. Burning in the oesophagus up to the 
mouth. Constipation of hard, difficult stools, with 
frequent urging. All worse in the morning; cannot 
sleep after 3 a.m. Victims of drastic medicines and 
quack nostrums. 

Puis. Epigastrium sensitive and painful to pres- 
sure. Aching and darting pains in the stomach. 
Nausea and vomiting after eating or drinking. * Suf- 
focating and fainting spells, must have fresh, cool air. 
* Vertigo when rising up, with chilliness. Watery 
diarrhoea, especially at night. Mild, tearful disposi- 
tion. Bitter taste, constant spitting of frothy mucus. 

Verat. alb. * Hippocratic countenance. Eyes 
sunken and glazed. Lips bluish and dry. Great 
soreness in the region of the stomach. * Intense 
thirst for cold drinks. Inability to retain anything on 
the stomach. Extremities cold and covered with 
clammy sweat. Extreme prostration, with anguish and 
fear of death. Pulse almost imperceptible. Exhausting 
diarrhoea. 



HEADACHE. 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aeon. Violent stupefying headache, with great 
fulness and heaviness in the forehead. * Sensation 
as if the brain would press through the forehead. 

* Vertigo when rising from a sitting posture. Bitter 
bilious vomiting, with anguish and fear of death. 

* Gets desperate, and declares he cannot bear the 
pains. 

Argen. nit. Dull, pressing pain in the forehead, 



HEADACHE. 89 

with vertigo early in the morning. Stupefying dulness 
of the head, with great iceakncss of mind. The head- 
ache is usually art ended with chilliness and trembling 
of the body. Faintish sick feeling ending in real vom- 
iting. Worse in the open air, and relieved by tying 
something tight around the head. 

Arnica. Headache principally over the eyes. Stitch- 
ing, darting pains in the forehead, worse by stooping. 

* Head and face hot, while the body is cool. * Sore- 
ness in the stomach, and belchings tasting like putrid 
eggs. Nausea and vomiting, w r orse after eating or 
drinking. If caused by a blow, or concussion of the 
brain. 

Ars. Periodical headache. Great weight in the head, 
particularly in the forehead. Beating pain in the fore- 
head, with inclination to vomit. * Violent vomiting, 
particularly after eating or drinking. * Extreme 
thirst, drinking little and often. * Restlessness, pros- 
tration, fear of death. Pains worse during rest, and 
better by motion. 

Bell. Face flushed and eyes injected. Congestion 
of blood to the head, with throbbing of the carotids. 

* Violent throbbing pain, especially in the forehead, 
obliging one to close the eyes. * Boring headache in 
the right side of the head. * Vertigo, with stupefac- 
tion and vanishing of sight. Nausea and vomiting of 
bile, mucus, or food. * Cannot bear noise or bright 
light. Aggravation about 3 p. M. 

Bry. Headache sets in on first waking in the morn- 
ing. Beating, jerking, or stitching pains, especially 
on one side. * The head aches as if it would split 
open, aggravated by stooping or motion. * Wants to 
keep perfectly still. Sour or bitter vomiting. Thickly 
coated tongue ; lips parched, dry, and cracked. 

* Constipation of hard dry stools as if burnt. Patient 
very irritable. 

Cactus. Headache from irregular habits or dissi- 
pation. Pulsating pain, with a sensation of weight in 
the right side of the head. Pain commencing in the 
morning and growing worse as the day advances. 
Must lie perfectly quier, as any motion, noise, or light 
increases the suffering. 



90 HEADACHE. 

Calc. c. Chronic headache. Dull, stupefying, op- 
pressive pain in the forehead, with cloudiness of in- 
tellect. Throbbing headache in the morning, continu- 
ing the whole day. * Feeling of coldness in the head. 

* Feet cold as if they had on damp stockings. * Much 
dandruff on the scalp. Vertigo on going up stairs. 
Menses too soon, too profuse, and lasting too long. 

Cham. If caused from catarrh, or by drinking 
coffee. Rending or drawing pain in one side of the 
head extending to the jaw. Acute shooting or throb- 
bing pains in the forehead. * One cheek red and the 
other pale. * Bitter bilious vomiting. Over-sensitive 
to pain ; gets almost furious. * Very impatient, can 
hardly answer one civilly. Dysmenorrhoea, with 
labor-like pains. 

China. Headache from suppressed coryza. Pres- 
sure in the forehead as if it would burst. Soreness 
of the brain as if bruised, worse from mental exertion. 

* Intense throbbing headache after excessive deple- 
tion. * Ringing in the ears, and weak fainting spells. 
Worse every other day. 

Cocc. Sick-headache from riding in a carriage, 
on a boat, &c. Tearing, throbbing headache, especially 
in the evening. * Violent headache, which compels 
the patient to sit up, aggravated by talking, laughing, 
noise, or a bright light. * Vertigo, with nausea and 
vomiting from the motion of a carriage. Constipation 
of hard difficult stools. Dysmenorrhoea followed by 
hemorrhoids. 

Coffea. Patient very sensitive and excitable. 

* Headache as if a nail were driven into the brain, 
worse in the open air. Pain in the head as if it would 
fly to pieces, worse from noise or light. Head feels too 
small. * Extreme wakefulness. Burning, sour eruc- 
tations. 

Glonoin. Congestive nervous headache, with no 
gastric or bilious symptoms. * Violent throbbing, pul- 
sating headache, with fulness and upward pressure in 
the head. * Undulating sensation in the head, worse 
from turning round. Sick, faint-like feeling at the stom- 
ach, with nausea. Head feels too large. Palpitation 
of the heart. Sun-stroke. 



HEADACHE. 91 

Igna. Boring, sticking pain in the forehead, re- 
lieved by lying down. * Pain as if a nail were driven 
out through the side of the head, relieved by lying on 
it. Headache as if something hard pressed upon the 
surface of the brain. * Patient full of suppressed 
grief, with an empty feeling at the pit of the stomach. 
Constipation, with prolapsus ani. 

Ipecac. * If nausea and vomiting is the most 
prominent feature. Headache as if the brain and 
skull were bruised even to the root of the- tongue. 

* Stooping causes vomiting. Diarrhoea with grass- 
green stools. 

Lach. Headache with nausea and drowsiness. 
Throbbing or beating pains in the temples. Pressing 
headache early in the morning, worse from stooping. 

* Cannot bear anything tight about the waist. Vertigo 
with paleness of the face. Pain in the left ovarian re- 
gion. * Larynx and throat very sensitive to touch. 
Despondent mood. Aggravation after sleeping. 

Nux v. Headache with sour, bitter vomiting. 
Pressing, boring pain, with sensation as if the skull 
would split. * Stupefying headache, especially in the 
morning, aggravated by mental exertion. * Habitual 
constipation of large difficult stools, with frequent 
urging. Persons of sedentary or intemperate habits, or 
those troubled with piles. 

Phos. ac. Dreadful pain on top of the head, as 
though the brain were crushed, after long continued 
grief. * Too early and long continued menstruation, 
with pain in the liver. * Sensation as if the stomach 
were being balanced up and down. Painless diar- 
rhoea : whitish stools. 

Puis. Headache consequent upon eating rich, 
greasy food. Tearing, drawing, or stitching pains, worse 
towards evening. * Vertigo, especially when stoop- 
ing or looking up. * Craves cool fresh air, and feels 
worse in a close warm room. Nausea and vomiting 
with repugnance to food. * Menses too late, scanty, 
or suppressed. Chilliness even in a warm room. Very 
bad taste in the morning. Mild, tearful disposition. 

Sang. can. Sick-headache. * Pains in the back 
part of the head, running in rays from the neck up- 



92 HEADACHE. 

wards. Severe pains in the head, especially over the 
right eye, with nausea and vomiting. * Has to keep in 
a dark room and lie perfectly still. 

Sepia. Beating, stitching, or jerking pains, mostly 
in the forehead or temples. Also, violent pain as if 
the head would burst, extorting cries. * Nausea and 
vomiting, with a feeling of emptiness in the stomach. 

* Dirty yellow appearance of the face, especially 
across the nose. Constipation, with hard, knotty stool. 
Very fetid urine depositing a clay-colored sediment. 
Leucorrhcea between the menses. 

Silicea. Beating or throbbing pains, mostly in 
the forehead, with heat and congestion to the head. 
Tearing pains mostly on one side with stitches through 
the eyes. The pains are worse from mental exertion, 
stooping, talking, or cold air; better in a warm room. 

* Constipation, the stools recede after having been 
partially expelled. 

Spig. Periodical headache. Pains boring, press- 
ing, increased by motion, noise, and especially by 
stooping. * Nervous headache when one or both eyes 
are involved. * Severe pressing and sticking pains 
in the eyes, worse during motion. Palpitation of the 
heart. 

Sulph. Pains mostly in the forehead and temples, 
of a pressing, throbbing, or tearing character. * Con- 
stant heat on top of the head, and coldness of the feet. 

* Early morning diarrhoea, driving the patient out of 
bed in a hurry. * Frequent weak, faint spells through 
the day. Suppressed eruptions. Hemorrhoids. * Lean 
persons who walk stooping. 

Verat. alb. Nervous headache. Violent pains, 
that almost deprive the patient of reason. * Becomes 
very weak and faint, with cold perspiration all over. 

* Coldness on top of the head. * Vomiting with ex- 
hausting diarrhoea, and cold sweat. Nervous head- 
ache at each menstrual period. Great thirst for cold 
drinks. 



HEMOPTYSIS. 93 



HEMOPTYSIS. 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aeon. The attack is preceded by fulness or con- 
gestion of rlie chest, and burning pain. Palpitation 
of the heart, anguish and restlessness. * Great fear 
and anxiety of mind, with great nervous excitability. 

Arn, If caused by a fall or blow on the breast or 
back. * Expectoration of dark and coagulated blood. 
Tickling under the sternum, and a sore pain as if 
bruised in the chest when coughing. * The bed 'on 
which he lies feels too hard. 

Bell. * Congestion to the head and chest. Con- 
stant tickling in the larynx, with cough and expecto- 
ration of bloody mucus. Stitch-like pains in the 
chest, worse by motion. * Vertigo when stooping or 
rising from a stooping posture. Takes cold from 
every draught of air. 

China. After great loss of blood or animal fluids. 
* Singing in the ears and fainting spells. Periodical 
attacks, worse every other day. Debilitating morning 
and night sweats. 

Dulc. Constant titillation in the larynx, with de- 
sire to cough. Expectoration of bright-red blood. 
Hemorrhage caused by a cold or a loose cough which 
existed some time. * Gets worse at every cold change 
in the weather. * On waking in the morning, feels 
giddy and dizzy, with a sense of trembling and weak- 
ness. 

Ferr. Hemorrhage with flying pains in the chest, 
better when walking slowly about. * Haemoptysis 
with pain between the shoulders. Palpitation of the 
heart and difficult breathing. * The least emotion or 
exertion produces a red flushed face. Slender per- 
sons with sallow complexion. 

Hem. v. Profuse hemorrhage ; blood venous, com- 
ing into the mouth without any effort, like a warm 
current from out the chest. Mind calm. Sometimes 
taste of sulphur in the mouth. Frequent paroxysms 
of pain in the left ovary, passing down to the uterus. 

Hyos. The hemorrhage is preceded by a dry 



94 HEMORRHOIDS. 

cough, especially at night, obliging the patient to sit 
up. * Frequent and sudden starting from sleep, with 
red face, and wild staring look. Things seem too large ; 
frequent looking at the hands because they seem too 
large. 

Puis. In obstinate cases, the discharge is black 
and coagulated. Loose cough. * Very nervous dur- 
ing the night. * Chilliness even in a warm room. 
Weakness and pain in the lower part of the chest. 
Sickish, empty feeling in the stomach. * Craves 
fresh cool air, worse in a warm room. Scanty or sup- 
pressed menses. Persons of a mild, tearful disposition. 

Rhus tox. Dry cough, which seems as if it would 
tear something out of the chest. Discharge of light- 
red blood. * Tickling under the sternum, that excites 
the cough. After straining, lifting, or stretching the 
arms high up to reach things. 



HEMORRHOIDS. 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aeon. Bleeding piles. Stinging and pressure in 
the anus. General dryness of the skin. * Constant 
restlessness, inability to keep still. Persons of a full 
plethoric habit. 

uEiseulus. Large protruding tumors, with slight 
hemorrhage. * Itching, burning pains, with a sense of 
fulness and dryness of the anus. * Severe aching 
pains in the lumbar and sacral region, with stiffness 
of the back, aggravated by walking. Constant back- 
ache, affecting the sacrum and hips. 

Aloes. Protruding piles, bleeding often and pro- 
fusely. * Great heat and tenderness of the tumors, 
relieved by cold water. Violent tenesmus, with bloody 
or jelly-like mucous stools. * Fistula in ano. Dull, 
heavy headache, with dull pains in the liver. A feel- 
ing of faintness during and after stool. 

Apis. Hemorrhoids, with stinging, burning, and 
smarting paius, relieved by cold water. * Constipa- 



HEMORRHOIDS. 95 

tion, with a sensation in the abdomen as if something 
tight would break, if too much effort was used to void 
the stool. * Enlargement of the right ovary, with 
pain in left pectoral region, with cough. 

Ars. Blind piles, which burn like fire, particularly 
at night, hindering sleep. During the day, stinging 
pains, particularly when walking. * Great anguish, 
restlessness, and fear of death. Much thirst, drinks 
little and often. All worse at night, particularly after 
midnight. 

Bell. Bleeding piles, with great tenderness and pain 
from the slightest touch. * Feeling in the back as if 
it would break, hindering motion. * Pains which 
appear suddenly and cease just as suddenly. Conges- 
tion of the head with throbbing in the temples. 

* Sleepy but cannot sleep. Feverish restlessness. 
Calc. c. Varices swollen and protruded, emitting 

considerable blood. Burning, pricking in the rectum, 
so that the patient cannot remain still. Drawing, 
cutting pains in the rectum, with a feeling of painful- 
ness, particularly after stool. * Menstruation too fre- 
quent and too profuse. * Cold damp feet. Vertigo 
on going up stairs. 

Carb. v. Swollen, protruding varices, discharg- 
ing pure blood. * Acrid corroding humor oozing from 
the rectum emitting a fetid smell. Tickling, itching, and 
burning of the varices. Stools of foul bloody mucus. 

* Eructations of sour rancid food, with much flatulence 
from the bowels. 

Cascarilla. Frequent and profuse bleeding from 
the rectum during and after stool. Constipation of 
hard, brown, lumpy stools, sometimes covered with 
slime. 

Caust. Large and painful varices, hindering 
stool. * Stinging and burning of the tumors when 
touched, intolerable when walking. Weak scrofulous 
persons, with yellow complexion. Pressure and ful- 
ness in the abdomen as if it would burst, worse after 
eating. 

Collinsonia. Blind or bleeding piles, with a sen- 
sation as if gravel or sand had lodged in the rectum. Ob- 
stinate and habitual constipation ; stools lumpy and 



96 HEMORRHOIDS. 

light-colored, with dull pain in the anus. Dysmenor- 
rhcea. Aggravation in the evening and better in the 
morning. 

Graph. Hemorrhoids with prolapsus recti. Pain- 
ful burning cracks between the varices. Burning, 
itching, and sticking in the rectum. * Prolapsus 
recti, without straining, as if the sphincter were par- 
alyzed. * Chronic constipation of hard, difficult, knotty 
stools. * Unhealthy skin, and eruptions that excrete 
a sticky fluid. 

Hemam. Profusely bleeding hemorrhoids, with burn- 
ing soreness, and at times rawness of the anus. The 
back feels as if it would break off. # Passive hemor- 
rhage from the nose, stomach, or bowels. 

Ignatia. Hemorrhoids, with violent shooting pains 
high up in the rectum. * The tumors prolapse with 
every stool and have to be replaced. Soreness of the 
parts as if excoriated. * Bleeding and pain worse 
when the stool is loose. Drawing pain around the 
pelvis. * Full of suppressed grief, with an empty 
feeling at the pit of the stomach. 

Kali c. Large, painful varices, with considerable 
protrusion during micturition. Large difficult stools, as 
if from inactivity of the rectum. * The tumors swell 
and bleed during stool, with pricking and burning. 
* Constipation, with distress one or two hours before 
stool, with colicky stitching pains. 

Mur. ac. Large protruding piles, with burning 
and sore pain. * The tumors are bluish, are extremely 
sensitive and painful. * Violent itching of the parts not 
relieved by scratching. Discharge of blood with the 
stool. Prolapsus ani during micturition. 

Nitric ac. Bleeding piles, protruding after every 
stool. * Sharp cutting pain in the rectum, lasting for 
hours after an evacuation, and is worse after a loose 
stool. * Old hemorrhoidal tumors, secreting much 
slime, and bleeding profusely after stool. Fissures of 
the anus. 

Nux v. Blind or bleeding piles. Burning, prick- 
ing pains in the tumors. Discharge of light-colored 
blood after stool. Horrid tearing, pressing pains in 
the small of the back and lower bowels. * Frequent 



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HEPATITIS. 97 

and ineffectual urging to stool. * Habitual constipa- 
tion, with frequent urging to stool. Is very irritable, 
and wishes to be alone. Persons of sedentary or in- 
temperate habits, and the victims of drugs, nos- 
trums, &c. 

Puis. Mostly blind piles, with painful pressure on 
the tumors. Stinging, itching in the rectum, and 
soreness of the anus. * Obstinate constipation, with 
nauseous bad taste in the morning. * Inclination to 
be chilly even in a warm room. * Vertigo on rising 
from a sitting posture. Symptoms all worse towards 
evening. Mild, tearful disposition. 

Rhus t. Sore blind piles, protruding after every 
stool. Drawing in the back from above downwards ; 
tension and pressing in the rectum. * Pain in the 
small of the back as if bruised, relieved by motion. 
Worse from getting wet, or by lifting heavy loads. 
Rheumatic diathesis. 

Sepia. Mostly bleeding piles, with protrusion of 
the tumors and rectum during stool. Continual strain- 
ing pain in the rectum, with heat, burning, and swell- 
ing of the anus. Difficulty in urinating, especially in 
the morning. * Sense of weight or of a ball in the 
anus, not relieved by stool. 

Sulph. Blind or bleeding piles. Constant urging 
to stool, which continues after a thin bloody evacua- 
tion. * Stinging, burning, and soreness in and about 
the anus. Prolapsus recti, especially during a hard 
stool. Violent stitching pains in the back. Burning 
pains in the urethra during micturition. * Weak, 
faint spells, especially when standing or walking. 
* Constant heat on top of the head. Aggravation in 
the morning. 



HEPATITIS. 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aeon. Violent inflammatory fever, with stitches 
in the region of the liver. * Intolerable pains driving 
9 



98 HEPATITIS. 

one to despair. * Great restlessness, anxiety, and 
fear of death. Vertigo on sitting up in bed. Head- 
ache as if everything would press out of the forehead. 
Bitter bilious vomiting. * Retention of urine, with 
stitches in the kidneys. Great nervous excitability. 

Ars. Region of the liver tender and swollen, with 
violent burning pains. Vomiting of brownish or black- 
ish substances. Diarrhoea of blackish stools, worse 
after eating or drinking. * Violent thirst, drinking 
little and often. Great anguish, restlessness, and fear 
of death. Rapid prostration of strength. 

Bell. Acute pain in the region of the liver, ex- 
tending to the chest and shoulder. Tension in the 
region of the stomach. Labored and anxious breath- 
ing. * Tenderness of the whole abdomen, aggravated 
by the least jar, even of the bed on which he lies. 
* Congestion of the head, with throbbing pains in the 
temples. Almost constant moaning ; the patient seems 
drowsy, with starting and jumping during sleep. * De- 
lirium, with desire to escape. Cannot bear noise or 
bright light. 

Bry. Burning or stitching pains in the hypochon- 
dria. Pain in the right shoulder and arm. Yellow- 
coated tongue, with bitter, bilious vomiting. * Lips 
cracked, parched, and dry. Headache as if it would 
split open. * Sitting up in bed causes nausea and 
faintness. Region of the stomach very sensitive to 
touch or pressure. * Exceedingly irritable, every- 
thing makes him angry. * Constipation of hard, dry 
stools, as if burnt. * Wants to keep perfectly quiet. 

Chelido. Acute or dull pain, and tenderness of 
the region of the liver. * Constant pain under the 
lower inner angle of the right shoulder-blade. Sal- 
low, jaundiced complexion. Pressive pain in the back 
part of the head, towards the left ear. * Stools like 
sheep's dung, or soft and bright yellow. Urine scanty, 
deep yellow, and sour. 

Lep. vir. Aching pains in the liver. Yellow-coated 
tongue. Black, profuse, papescent, tar-like, very 
fetid stools, generally in the afternoon or evening. 
Dark-brown urine. Constant distress in the lower 
part of the epigastrium. 






HEPATITIS. 99 

Merc. Pressive pain and stitches in the liver. In- 
ability to lie on the right side. * Inflammation, with 
great tenderness of the liver to contact, and jaundice- 
like appearance of the skin. * When coughing or 
sneezing, a stitch runs directly through the chest to 
the back. * Much perspiration affording no relief. 
Green, bilious, or frothy stools, w 'ith frequent urging and 
tenesmus. Bilious vomiting. 

Nuz v. Stitching or throbbing pains in the liver, 
with great tenderness to contact. * Sour or bitter 
taste in the mouth, with bilious vomiting. Shortness 
of breath, and sense of pressure under the ribs. 
* Headache as if it would split open. Habitual con- 
stipation of large difficult stools. * Cannot sleep after 
3 A. M. Symptoms all worse in the morning, Per- 
sons of sedentary or intemperate habits. 

Podo. pel. Fulness and pain in the region of the 
liver. Nausea and bilious vomiting. * The patient is 
constantly rubbing and shaking the hypochondriac 
region. Bitter taste and risings in the mouth. * Pain- 
less morning diarrhoea. 

Pul§. Yellow-coated tongue, and bitter taste in 
the mouth. Frequent attacks of anguish, especially 
at night. Nausea and desire to vomit. * Green, 
slimy diarrhoea, usually at night. * Chilliness, even 
in a warm room, with vertigo when rising from a sit- 
ting posture. • Persons of a mild, tearful disposition. 
Frequent urging to urinate, with cutting pain. Symp- 
toms all worse towards evening. 

Silicea. Hardness and distention of the region of 
the liver. Throbbing ulcerative pain, increased by 
contact and motion. * Formation of abscess. * Con- 
stipation, the stool recedes after having been par- 
tially expelled. * Lymphatic swellings, with inclina- 
tion to suppurate. 

Sulph. Mostly chronic hepatitis. Swelling and 
hardness of the liver. Beating, stitching pains and 
pressure in the liver. Sour or bitter taste. * Fre- 
quent weak, faint spells, with flashes of heat. * Con- 
stant heat on top of the head. Constipation, or early 
morning diarrhoea. * Drowsy during the day, and 
wakeful the whole night. 



100 HYDROCEPHALUS. 



HYDROCEPHALUS. 

Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aeon. In the early stage, when the febrile ex- 
citement runs high. * Intolerance to light and noise. 

* Great fear and anxiety, with nervous excitability. 

* The child is sleepless, restless, cries much, bites its 
fist, and has a green watery diarrhoea. 

Apis m. High fever with delirium. Sleep in- 
terrupted by sudden shrill cries. * Boring the head 
deep into the pillow. * Squinting, and grinding the 
teeth. * Twitching on one side of the body, while 
the other is paralyzed. Profuse perspiration on the 
head. Frequent and scanty emissions of urine. 

Apo. can. Sutures open. Forehead projecting. 
Sight of one eye totally lost, and the other slightly 
sensible. Stupor. Constant involuntary motion of 
one leg and arm. Urine suppressed. Compare with 
Hellebore, 

Artemisia. Convulsions of the right side, and 
paralysis of the left. Body cold all over. Sopor, yet 
drinking and swallowing water eagerly. Face pale, 
with an oldish look. Involuntary stools, which are 
greenish and thin. 

Bell. Face flushed and eyes injected. Boring 
with the head in the pillow, rolling the eyes and 
squinting. * Throbbing of the carotids. * Sudden 
starting and jumping during sleep. Delirium, with 
desire to get out of bed. Involuntary emissions of 
urine. Great intolerance of light or noise. 

Bry. Manifest signs of effusion. Dark flushed face, 
dry and parched lips. Tongue coated with a dark- 
yellowish fur. * Frequent motion of the jaws, as if 
chewing something. * Cannot sit up on account of 
nausea and faintness. * Constipation of hard, dry 
stools, as if burnt. Scanty, hot, red urine. Exceed- 
ingly irritable. 

Calc. c. Persons of a scrofulous diathesis. * Large 
head, with open fontanelles. * Profuse perspiration 
on the head when sleeping. * Emaciation with a good 
appetite. Painful and difficult urination, the urine 
having a strong fetid odor. 



INTERMITTENT FEVER. 101 

Hell. After exudation has taken place. * Auto- 
matic motions of one arm and one leg. * Soporous 
sleep, with screaming and starting. * Lower jaw 
sinking down, Chewing motion with the mouth. 
Squinting, pupils dilated. Forehead drawn in folds, 
and covered with cold perspiration. Vomiting of 
green or blackish substances. 

Opium. * Extreme drowsiness, and coma, with 
stertorous breathing. The face is purplish and 
swollen. * Screaming before or during the spasm. 
Depression of the lower jaw. Dilated or contracted 
pupils, and general symptoms of paralysis of the brain. 

Stram. Convulsive motions of the head. Sensa- 
tion of lightness in the head, causing the patient to 
frequently raise it up. * Awakens with a shrinking 
look as if afraid of the first object seen. * Loquacious 
delirium, with a desire to escape. No thirst, although 
the mouth is very dry. * Light of brilliant objects, 
and contact renew the spasms. Stools black fluid. 

Sulph. Heaviness of the head, sinking involun- 
tary backwards. Sweat on the head, with a kind of 
musk-like smell. Frequent change of color in the 
face. Sour smell from the mouth. * Drowsiness in 
the daytime and wakefulness at night. Scrofulous 
diathesis ; dry, husky, scaly skin. * After suppressed 
or dried-up eruptions on the head, behind the ears, or 
elsewhere. 

Zinc. Impending paralysis of the brain. Frequent 
jerking of the whole body, and crying out during 
sleep. When awakened, expresses fear, and rolls his 
head from side to side. * Constant trembling of the 
hands, with coldness of the extremities. Gagging and 
vomiting, with a voracious appetite. 



INTERMITTENT FEVER. 

Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aeon. In recent cases of young persons of full 
habit. Violent chill, and heat especially about the 
9* 



102 INTERMITTENT FEVER. 

head and face. * Great fear and anxiety of mind, 
with great nervous excitability. Palpitation of the 
heart, and pleuritic stitches in the chest. 

Ant. c. Much gastric disturbance. White coated 
tongue. * Great sadness and a woful mood. Chilli- 
ness predominates. Great desire to sleep ; want of 
thirst. 

Apis m. Chill about 4 p. m., worse in a warm room 
or near a stove. Renewed chilliness from the slightest 
motion, with heat of the face and hands. Sweat 
alternating with dryness of the skin. During the 
apyrexia, pain under the short ribs, worse on the left 
side. * Sensation in the abdomen as if something 
tight would break, if much effort were made to void a 
stool. 

Arnica. Chill in the evening. Thirst before and 
during the chill. During the fever, constant desire to 
change one's position. * Sore, bruised feeling all 
through the body, as if he had been beaten. * The 
bed or couch on which he lies feels too hard. Eructa- 
tions smelling like bad eggs. 

Ars. Paroxysms imperfectly developed. Before 
the chill, vertigo, headache, yawning, stretching, and 
general discomfort. The chill is frequently intermin- 
gled with heat and fever; or there is internal chilli- 
ness and external heat at the same time. * During 
the fever, great anguish, extreme restlessness, and 
fear of death. After the paroxysm, great prostration. 
* Urgent thirst, drinking often but little at a time. 

Bell. Slight chill, with much fever, or vice versa. 
Some parts are cold, while others are warm. Violent 
throbbing headache, with stupefaction. *Heat and 
red face, with throbbing of the carotids. Choking 
sensation in the throat, with dryness of the mouth. 

Bry. The chill predominates. Great thirst during 
all the stages. * Violent, dry, racking cough, with 
stitching pains in the side of the chest. Stitching 
pain in the region of the liver and abdomen. * Con- 
stipation of hard, dry stools, as if burnt. Exceed- 
ingly irritable ; everything makes him angry. 

Cactus. Chill at 11 a. m., or 11 p. m. First chill, 
then burning heat, with headache, coma, stupefac- 



INTERMITTENT FEVER. 103 

tion, insensibility. Thirst, shortness of breath, ina- 
bility to remain lying. Profuse sweat, attended with 
unquenchable thirst. 

Calc. c. Persons of a scrofulous diathesis. Thirst 
during the chill. Chills alternating with heat, or ex- 
ternal coldness and internal heat. Hardness of hear- 
ing. * Feet feel as if they had on cold, damp stock- 
ings. Patient, very weakly in general ; vertigo and 
shortness of breath on going up stairs. Diarrhoea, 
stools whitish, undigested. 

Cap. an. Chill with thirst, followed by heat with- 
out thirst. * The chill commences in the back and 
from thence extends over the entire body. Drowsi- 
ness during the fever accompanied by perspiration. 
Much pain in the back and limbs. 

Carb. v. Paroxysms irregular, sometimes com- 
mencing with sweat followed by chill. The attack is 
preceded or attended by toothache and pain in the 
limbs. * Thirst only during the chilly stage. Vertigo, 
redness of the face and sick stomach during the hot 
stage. * When eating or drinking, sensation as if the 
stomach or abdomen would burst. 

Cedron. Chills and shiverings very severe, with 
cramps, and tearing pains in the upper and lower ex- 
tremities. Dry heat, followed by profuse perspira- 
tion. * Numb, dead feeling in the legs ; they feel en- 
larged. * The entire body feels numb. 

Cham. Chill generally light. Heat and sweat 
predominate. Much thirst in the hot stage. * Face 
red, or one cheek red and the other pale. * Very im- 
patient, can hardly answer one civilly. Hot perspira- 
tion about the head and face. * Pain in the abdomen, 
with frequent emissions of large quantities of pale 
urine. 

China. The paroxysm is preceded by nausea, 
headache, hunger, anguish, and palpitation of the 
heart. * Thirst before the chill, and during the sweat- 
ing stage. Chills alternating with heat, skin cold and 
blue. Ringing in the ears, with dizziness and a feel- 
ing as if the head was enlarged. * Pain in the region 
of the liver and spleen, when bending or coughing. 
Sallow complexion. Miasmatic districts. 



104 INTERMITTENT FEVER. 

Cimex. Before the chill thirst and heaviness in the 
legs. Chill commences with clenching of the hands 
and violent raging. During the chill, pains in all the 
joints. Sensation as if the tendons were too short. 
During the heat, gagging. Thirst, but drinking causes 
violent headache. The sweat is mostly on the head 
and chest, accompanied by hunger. 

Cina. Vomiting and great hunger before, during, 
or after the paroxysm. Thirst only during the chill 
or heat. Pale face throughout the paroxysm. Fre- 
quent tickling in the nose. Restless at night. * Dila- 
tation of the pupils; perfectly clean tongue. 

Eupato. per. Thirst several hours before the 
chill, continuing during the chill and heat. Stiffness 
of the fingers during the chill. The paroxysm usually 
occurs about 7 or 9 A. m. * During the chill severe 
aching in the back and limbs as if the bones were 
broken. Sweat not very prominent. * Vomiting of 
whatever is eaten or drank. 

Eupato. pur. * Chill commencing in the back, and 
then spreading over the body. * Violent shaking, 
with comparatively little coldness. Thirst during the 
chill and heat. Violent pain in the bones during the 
chill and heat. Head feels light, and as if it was fall- 
ing to the left side. 

Ferr. Chill with thirst, headache, nnd swelling of 
the cutaneous veins. (Edema of the face, especially 
around the eyes. Vomiting of everything eaten with- 
out being digested. * The least emotion or exertion 
produces a red flushed face. Great loss of muscular 
power. In protracted and badly treated cases by 
quinine. 

Gels. Chill mostly in the evening, commencing in 
the extremities. The heat is attended with nervous 
restlessness and mental anxiety. Vertigo, with a 
sense of intoxication as if he would fall down. Sen- 
sitive to light or noise. 

Hepar. Chill generally in the evening, preceded 
by bitter taste in the mouth. Chill followed by heat 
with sweat, especially on the chest and forehead, with 
slight thirst. * Itching, stinging nettle-rash before 
and during the chill. Fever blisters around the mouth. 
Previous abuse of mercury. 



INTERMITTENT FEVER. 105 

Ignatia. Thirst only during the chill. External 
heat with partial internal shuddering. * The chill is 
relieved by external heat. Very little perspiration, or 
only in the face. Headache and pain in the pit of the 
stomach. 

Ipecac. Much chilliness with little heat, or much 
heat and little chilliness. Paroxysm sets in with 
yawning, stretching, and a collection of saliva in the 
mouth. Chill increases by external heat. No thirst 
in the cold stage, but a great deal in the hot. * Nau- 
sea and vomiting predominate, The apyrexia is marked 
by more or less gastric disturbance. 

Lach. Paroxysm usually in the afternoon. The 
chill predominates. * Much chattering of the teeth, 
with violent headache and soreness in the chest. 
* Patient desires to be held on account of the violence 
of the chill hurting the head and chest. After pre- 
vious abuse of quinine. * Can bear nothing to touch 
the throat or neck. 

Lye. * The paroxysm comes on about 4 p. m., 
and terminates about 8 p. m. * Constant sense of ful- 
ness in the stomach and abdomen as though they 
would burst. Obstinate constipation. * Red sedi- 
ment like sand in the urine. Great fear of being left 
alone. 

Natr. m. .* Chill commencing at 10 A. m., with 
great thirst, drinking often and much at a time. 
During the heat violent headache. * Dry tongue, and 
ulcerated corners of the mouth. 

Nux v. Paroxysm usually at night or early in 
the morning. * Long-lasting, hard chill, with bluish 
cold face and blue finger-nails, * Great heat, not- 
withstanding the patient wants to be covered all the 
while. Both chill and heat are accompanied with gas- 
tric and bilious symptoms. During the chill, pain in 
the sacrum. During the fever, headache, vertigo, red 
face, pain in the chest and vomiting. 

Opi. Drowsiness or heavy sleep, with loud snor- 
ing during the cold and hot stages. * Stertorous 
respiration, with the mouth wide open. Congestion 
of blood to the head, with red and puffy appearance 
of the face. Aged persons and children. 



106 INTERMITTENT FEVER. 

Puis. The attack mostly occurs in the afternoon 
or evening. Chill and heat simultaneous. No thirst 
during the entire paroxysm, or only in the hot stage. 
Bitter or sour vomiting of mucus or bile. * Thickly 
coated tongue, and bad taste in the morning. Slight 
disorder of the stomach induces a relapse. * Much 
gastric disturbance. Persons of a mild, tearful dis- 
position. 

Rhus t. Paroxysm usually in the after part of the 
day. Chill preceded by stretching of the limbs and 
yawning. Coldness of some parts of the body, and 
heat in others. Perspiration after midnight or to- 
wards morning. During the hot stage, nettle-rash 
breaks out. * Restlessness, constantly changing posi- 
tion. * Dry, teasing cough, coming on before, and 
continuing during the chill. 

Sabad. Chill predominates, with thirst between 
the chill and heat. * The paroxysm recurs at the 
same hour on each or alternate days. * Dry, hacking 
cough during the chill. During the apyrexia, constant 
chilliness. 

Samb. * Profuse debilitating perspiration, even 
in the apyrexia. Cold creeps over the whole body, 
with fine stitching formication. Icy-cold hands and 
feet. Burning heat in the face, with moderately warm 
body and cold feet. 

Sepia. General cold feeling, with pressure over 
the temples and eyes. * Great coldness of the hands, 
with sensation as if the fingers were dead. During the 
heat, vertigo, even to insensibility. Sweating over 
the whole body, with anxiety, and dryness of the 
throat. * Perfect absence of thirst. 

Sulph. Attacks mostly in the evening or at night, 
preceded by thirst and lassitude. Chilliness in the 
back, chest, and arms, with coldness of the hands, feet, 
and nose. During the heat, thirst with burning in the 
hands and feet, and a bruised, tired feeling in the 
limbs. * Burning heat on top of the head. * Frequent 
weak, faint spells through the day. * Early morning 
diarrhoea. 

Verat. alb. Severe chill, with feeling of internal 
heat, or both together. Great thirst, especially dur- 



JAUNDICE. 107 

ing the chill, and sweating. Profuse sweat, often cold 
and long continued. * Great exhaustion and sinking 
of strength. Vomiting and diarrhoea. Intermittents 
during the prevalence of cholera. 



JAUNDICE. 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aeon, Synoehal fever, with acute stitches in the 
region of the liver. Yellowish color of the skin. 
Scanty red urine. * Great fear and anxiety of mind, 
with nervGus excitability. 

Ars. Yellowness of the skin and sclerotica. Un- 
digested, light-colored, offensive stools. * Great an- 
guish, restlessness, and fear of death. * Urgent thirst, 
drinks often but little at a time. Irritable mood, alter- 
nating with lowness of spirits. 

Berberis. Icterus, with pale, tough alvine, or pro- 
fuse acrid, watery diarrhoea. * Urine dark-yellow, 
with copious sediment. Morbid hunger, or loathing 
of food. Pressure in the region of the liver. Bloated- 
ness of the abdomen. 

Bry. Stitching pains in the liver when pressed 
upon. Pain in the right shoulder and arm. Pain in 
the limbs, worse by motion. Yellow-coated tongue, 
with bitter bilious vomiting. * Lips parched, dry, and 
cracked. Nausea and faintness on sitting up. * Con- 
stipation, stools dry and hard as if burnt. 

Calc. c. Patient of a scrofulous habit. * Large 
head and open fontanelles. Stitches in the liver dur- 
ing or after stooping. Enlargement of the liver. Can- 
not bear tight clothing around the hypochondria. 

* Clay-like stools, scant and knotty. Fetid, dark- 
brown urine, white sediment. * Cold, damp feet. 
Swollen abdomen; emaciation and good appetite. 

Cham. Mostly new-born children, or after cha- 
grin. Yellowness of the face and whites of the eyes. 

* Green, watery, corroding stools, with colic. Bitter 
taste with bilious vomiting. * Very impatient, can 



108 JAUNDICE. 

hardly answer one civilly. * Children are very cross 
and fretful, and want to be carried all the time. 

China. Persons who have been weakened by loss 
of animal fluids. Yellow color of the skin. Dulness 
and muddled condition of the head. Oppressive, tear- 
ing headache. Liver swollen, hard and tender. 
* Bitter taste in the back part of the throat, every- 
thing tastes bitter. * Abdomen feels full and tight as 
if stuffed. Yellow, watery, undigested stools, without 
pain. Aggravation every other day. 

Dig. Frequent and empty retching, with a clean 
tongue. Soreness and bloatedness of the pit of the 
stomach. * Stools almost white. Frequent and pain- 
ful emissions of scanty, brown urine. Irregular or inter- 
mittent pulse. 

Iodine. * Yellow, almost dark-brown color of the 
face. Thickly coated tongue. White diarrhoeic stools 
alternating with constipation. Dark, yellowish- green, 
corroding urine. Nausea and thirst. After mercurial 
poisoning. 

Mag. m. Induration of the liver, with pressive 
pain extending to the back and stomach. Face dirty, 
dark -yellow. Tongue dirty yellowish. Bowels dis- 
tended and hard, with pressure and heaviness. Stools 
hard and of a grayish color. Palpitation of the heart. 
(Edema of the feet and legs. Weak and emaciated. 

Merc. Painfulness of the region of the liver, skin 
very yellow. * Grayish-white fasces, with tenesmus 
during and after stool. Thickly coated flabby tongue. 
*Bad smell from the mouth. Nausea and vomiting. 
Loathing of food. Urine scanty and red, with a strong 
smell. 

Nux v. Sour or putrid taste in the mouth, with 
aversion to food. Contractive pain in the region of the 
liver. Nausea and bilious vomiting. * Constipation, 
with unsuccessful urging to stool. * Cannot sleep 
after 3 a., m. * Very irritable and wishes to be alone. 
Aggravation in the morning. Persons of sedentary or 
intemperate habits. 

Puis. Yellow coating on the tongue, with bitter 
taste in the mouth. Nausea and desire to vomit. Fre- 
quent attacks of anguish, especially at night. * Chilli- 



LABOR. 109 

ness, with vertigo on rising from a sitting posture. 

* Green, slimy diarrhoea, especially at night. Thirst- 
lessness. Mild, tearful disposition. Aggravation to- 
wards evening. 

Sulph. Beating, stitching pains in the region of 
the liver. Sour or bitter taste in the mouth. Abdo- 
men bloated. * Weak, faint spells, and flashes of heat. 

* Constant heat, on top of the head. Itching of the 
skin at night. * Drowsy during the day and wakeful 
at night. Constipation, or morning diarrhoea. Scrofu- 
lous diathesis. 






LABOR. 



Strictly speaking, labor is a natural physiological 
process; frequently, however, cases occur in which it 
is protracted much beyond the usual period, or is at- 
tended with a great amount of suffering ; in such cases, 
recourse to the following remedies will greatly relieve 
or remove the difficulty. 

Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Cham. Over-excitement, and excessive sensibility 
to pain. Anguish and discouragement, with tossing 
about. * Pains' spasmodic and very distressing. *She 
is very impatient, can hardly answer a civil question, 

Coff. Pains excessively violent, with great mental 
and general nervous excitement. * She weeps and 
laments fearfully. * Great sensitiveness of the genital 
organs, cannot bear them to be touched. Great wake- 
fulness at night. 

Ign. Hysterical fitful women, and who are full of 
grief. * Weak, empty feeling in the stomach, not re- 
lieved by eating. Uterine cramps, with cutting stitches. 
Convulsive jerking in single parts or limbs. * Patient 
seems full of grief, with frequent sighing. 

Nux v. Pains irregular, and the labor does not 
seem to advance. Drawing in the back and thighs 
with pressure downwards. * Every pain produces a 
desire to go to stool or to urinate. Habitual constipa- 
tion, with frequent urging to stool. Irritable temper. 
10 



110 LEUCORRHGEA. 

Opium. Persons of full habit, and when the pains 
suddenly cease. Determination of blood to the head, 
with bloated, red face. * Drowsiness and delirious 
talking. Bed feels so hot she cannot lie upon it. 

Puis. The pains seem too weak and too far apart, 
they grow weaker as if from inactivity of the womb. 
* Pains which excite palpitation of the heart, or suffo- 
cating, fainting spells. * Patient craves cool, fresh air, 
worse in a warm room. Mild, tearful women, with 
blue eyes and light hair. 

Secale. * The pain is much prolonged, as if press- 
ing and forcing the uterus. * Constant sensation of 
bearing down in the abdomen ; or the pains are too 
weak or suppressed. *Thin, scrawny women, subject 
to passive hemorrhages. Desire to be uncovered ; worse 
in a warm room. 

Cimicifu. This remedy, given once daily for ten 
or twelve days previous to the expected confinement, 
is said to greatly facilitate labor and shorten its dura- 
tion. 



LETJCORRHCEA. 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Asculus. * Constant backache affecting the sacrum 
and hips. * Great fatigue from walking ever so little, 
on account of the weakness in the back. Large pro- 
truding hemorrhoids, and constipation. 

Alumina. Leucorrhoea just before or after tbe 
menses. * Profuse, purulent, yellowish, corroding 
discbarge, relieved by cold applications. Severe 
burning pain in the small of the back. Great inactivity 
of the rectum, with much straining at stool. 

Amb. gris. Discharge of bluish- white mucus. 
* Leucorrhoea only at night. * Stitches in the vagina 
preceding the discharge. Nervous hysterical subjects. 
During micturition, burning, smarting, itching in the 
vulva. 

Amm. m. Leucorrhoea, with distention of the ab- 



LEUCOERHCEA. Ill 

domen. * Discharge like the white of egg, preceded 
by a pinching pain around the navel. * Brown, slimy 
leucorrhoea after urinating. Intolerable pain in the 
small of the back at night. Menses premature, pro- 
fuse, and composed of black clots. 

Ars. Acrid, corroding leucorrhoea. * Discharge 
thick, yellow, dropping out while standing, or when 
emitting flatus. Great anguish and restlessness at 
uight. Feeble, weakly women. 

Bovista. Especially after the catamenia. * Dis- 
charge like the white of egg, coming away while walk- 
ing. Also, yellowish, green, corrosive leucorrhoea. 
Menses too often and too profuse, with painful bearing 
down towards the genitals. 

Calc. c. Leucorrhoea, with milk - like discharge 
during micturition, or flowing only by spells. Too 
early and too profuse menstruation. Very weakly in 
general, walking produces great fatigue. *Very sen- 
sitive to cold air. * Feet feel as if they had on cold 
damp stockings. Scrofulous diathesis. 

China. Weakly persons who have lost much blood. 
* Leucorrhoea before the menses, with painful press- 
ing towards the groins and anus. * Bloody leucor- 
rhoea, with occasional discharge of black clots, or fetid 
purulent matter. Troublesome itching and spasmodic 
contraction in the inner parts. 

Cocc. Scanty irregular menses, with leucorrhoea 
between the periods. * Discharge like serum, mixed 
with a purulent, ichorous liquid. * When bending or 
sitting down the discharge escapes in a gush. Pain- 
ful menstruation followed by hemorrhoids. Abdomen 
distended, with sharp, cutting pains, worse by motion. 

Coni. Weakness and lameness in the small of the 
back. * Leucorrhoea, smarting, and excoriating the 
parts. Discharge whitish or milk-colored and painful. 
Induration or ulceration of the os uteri. * Vertigo dur- 
ing the menses, particularly while lying down. Dys- 
menorrhoea, with shooting pain in the left side of the 
chest. 

Graph. Females inclined to obesity ; menses too 
late and too scanty. * Leucorrhoea profuse and of a white 
color. Great weakness in the small of the back when 



112 LEUCOHRHCEA. 

walking or sitting. * Eruptions on the skin oozing out 
a sticky fluid. 

Igna. Violent labor-like pains, with pressing in the 
region of the womb. * Purulent, corrosive leucorrhoea, 
with a weak empty feeling in the stomach. * She 
seems full of suppressed grief. Difficult stools causing 
prolapsus ani. 

Kali bi. * Yellow, ropy leucorrhoea, which can be 
drawn out in long strings. Much pain and weakness 
across the small of the back. Menses too soon, with 
vertigo, nausea, and headache. 

Kreosot. Leucorrhoea before and after the menses. 

* Putrid, acrid, corrosive leucorrhoea, with great de- 
bility, particularly of the lower extremities. Menses 
too early, too profuse, and last too long. * She al- 
ways feels chilly at the menstrual period. 

Lach. Leucorrhoea before the menses. * Dis- 
charge copious, smarting, slimy, stiffening the linen 
and staining it green. Menses regular, but too short 
and feeble, * Inability to bear anything tight around 
the waist. Women at the critical age. 

Lye. * Profuse leucorrhoea at intervals, accom- 
panied by a cutting pain across the hypogastrium from 
right to left. Pale face, with frequent flushes or cir- 
cumscribed redness of the cheeks. * Red sandy sedi~ 
ment in the urine. Menses too long and too profuse, 

* Sense of great fulness in the stomach, after eating 
ever so little. 

Nux v, Fetid leucorrhoea tingeing the linen yellow, 
with pain in the uterus as if sprained. * Menses irre- 
gular, never at the right time, Habitual constipation, 
with frequent urging to stool. As a consequence of 
high living, or of a sedentary life, 

Podo. Leucorrhoea, attended with constipation, 
and bearing down in the genital organs, Discharge 
consisting of thick transparent mucus. * Prolapsus 
uteri and ani. Morning diarrhoea; stools watery and 
green. 

Puis. Burning, thin, acrid leucorrhoea. * Milky 
leucorrhoea, with swelling of the vulva, particularly 
after the menses, AJ S P> leucorrhoea with thick white 
mucus before and during the menses. '* Vertigo when 



MEASLES. 1 1 3 

rising from a sitting posture, with chilliness. Mild, 
tearful women. 

Sepia. Climacteric period, during pregnancy or 
puberty. Leucorrhoea with stitches in the neck of 
the uterus, and itching in the vagina. Yellowish, 
watery, milk-like, or mucous leucorrhoea. * Dirty 
yellow spots on the face. Very fetid urine, depositing 
a clay-colored sediment. 

Sulph. Burning and painful leucorrhoea, making 
the vulva sore. Discharge thin, yellowish, preceded 
by pinching in the hypogastrium. * Burning in the 
vagina. * Frequent weak, faint spells during the day. 
* Constant heat on top of the head. Burning in the 
soles of the feet; puts them out of bed to get cool. 



MEASLES. 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aeon. At the beginning, when there is dry and 
hot skin, full, quick pulse and much thirst. *Eyes red, 
watery, and sensitive to light. Catarrhal irritation, 
with dry hacking, or hoarse, croupy cough. * Great 
anxiety and restlessness. Headache, and vertigo on 
rising up. 

Apis. Confluent eruption and (Edematous swelling 
of the skin. * Cough and soreness in the chest as if 
bruised. Oppression of the chest, with inability to 
remain in a warm room. Scanty and high-colored 
urine. * Diarrhoea in the morning, stools greenish- 
yellow. 

Ars. In severe cases, when typhoid symptoms are 
present. * Burning and great dryness and itching of 
the skin. The eruption disappears too suddenly. 
*Bloatedness of the face, and dry, parched lips. 
* Great anguish, restlessness, and fear of death, 
-tant craving for cold water, drinking often but 
little at a time. Rapid prostration. Aggravation about 
midnight. 

Bell. Bright-red appearance of the throat and 
10* 



114 MEASLES. 

tongue, with difficulty of swallowing. * Red and hot 
face, with throbbing headache. Feeling in the back 
as if it would break. Dry, spasmodic cough. Con- 
stant drowsiness, and moaning during sleep. * Start- 
ing and jumping during sleep, with flushed face and 
red eyes. If complicated with scarlet fever. 

Bry. The eruption is imperfectly developed. 

* Congestion of the chest, with shooting, stitching 
pains, increased by deep breathing. * Great dyspnoea 
and quick breathing. Dry, painful cough, with rough- 
ness and dryness of the larynx. * Sitting up in bed 
causes nausea and faintness. Thirst for large draughts 
of water. 

Camph. When there seems to be a depression of 
the vital forces. * Face pale, and the skin cold, as- 
suming a bluish color. * The eruption does not make 
its appearance as it should. Great prostration and 
spasmodic stiffness of the body. * Coldness of the 
skin, yet the patient cannot bear to be covered. 

Coff. Measly spots on the skin, with dry heat at 
night. * Great sensitiveness, with general excitabil- 
ity. * Extreme wakefulness. Dry, hacking cough, 
with constant tickling in the larynx. 

Ipec. Eruption slow to make its appearance, with 
oppression of the chest. * Constant tickling cough 
with every breath, and rattling of phlegm in the chest. 

* Much nausea and vomiting. Suppression of the erup- 
tion. Constant sense of nausea. 

Merc. The glands of the throat are much swollen, 
and there is difficulty in swallowing. * Soreness of 
the throat and ulceration of the tonsils. Profuse secre- 
tion of saliva, and bad breath, * Great sensitiveness 
of the pit of the stomach. Much perspiration with- 
out relief. Diarrhoea, with green, slimy, or bloody 
stools, with severe tenesmus. 

Phos. If the disease be complicated with pneu- 
monia, or if typhoid symptoms set in. * Tightness 
across the chest, with violent and exhausting cough 
and rust-colored sputa. Sticking pains in the chest, 
aggravated by coughing or breathing. * Hoarseness, 
with loss of voice. 

Puis. Generally in the beginning, when the catar- 



MENORRHAGIA. 115 

rlial symptoms first, appear. Eyes red, watery and 
sensitive to light. Thick, yellow discharge from the 
nose. * Dryness of the mouth without thirst. * The 
eruption is tardy in coming out. Loose cough, with 
thick, yellow mucous expectoration. * Nightly diar- 
rhoea. * Craves cool, fresh air, worse in a warm room. 
Increase of all the symptoms towards evening. 



MENORRHAGIA. 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aeon. Adapted to plethoric females and lively 
young girls. * Profuse menses, with great fear and 
anxiety of mind. * Vertigo on rising from a recum- 
bent position. If induced by exposure to a dry, cold 
wind. 

Amm. c. Premature and profuse menstruation, 
with spasmodic pain. Discharge blackish or light- 
colored; acrid, making the thighs sore. Great sadness, 
and pain in the small of the back. 

Bell. Too early and too profuse menstruation. 
Discharge bright red, with coagula having a bad smell. 

* Violent pressing down as if everything would escape 
through the genitals. * Throbbing headache, and 
pain in the small of the back. Clutching pain in the 
hypogastrium, with screaming, and disposition to bite 
and tear things. 

Bry. Too early and too profuse. * Discharge dark- 
red, with lacerating pains in the limbs. Pain in the 
back, and headache as if the skull would split open. 
Cannot sit up on account of nausea and faintness. 

* Wants to remain quiet and still, the least motion 
makes her worse. * Constipation, stools hard and dry 
as if burnt. Very irritable, everything makes her 
angry. Lips dry and cracked. 

Calc. c. Menstruation too soon, too profuse, and 
lasting too long. Preceding-the flow, there is swelling 
and sensitiveness of the breasts, headache, colic, and 



116 MENORRHAGIA. 






shiverings. During the flow, cutting in the abdomen, 
toothache and bearing down. * Vertigo when stoop- 
ing, worse on rising or going up-stairs. * Feet feel as 
if they had on cold, damp stockings. Very sensitive to 
the least cold air. 

Calc. phos. Menses every two weeks, black and 
clotted. Preceding the flow, griping and rumbling in 
the bowels. Stitching pains in the left side of the head. 
Sleepiness during the day. 

Cham. * Profuse discharge of dark and clotted 
blood, flowing at intervals. * Violent labor-like pains 
in the uterus, and tearing in the veins of the legs. 
Very impatient, can hardly answer a civil question. 
Frequent desire to pass urine. 

Cimicifu. Too early and profuse. Discharge dark 
and coagulated. * Severe pain in the back and down 
the thighs. Aching across the hips, and pressing 
down in the uterus. Great nervousness, and hysteri- 
cal spasms. Severe pain in the head and eyeballs, in- 
creased by the least motion. 

Croc. Menses regular, but too profyse and long- 
continued. * Discharge dark, clotted, stringy blood. 

* The least movement increases the flow. Yellowish 
earthy color of the face. * Sensation as of something 
moving in the abdomen. Great debility and palpita- 
tion of the heart on going up-stairs. 

Igna. Too frequent, profuse, and long -lasting. 

* The patient seems full of suppressed grief. * Fre- 
quent involuntary sighing, with a feeling of emptiness 
in the stomach. Difficult stool causing prolapsus ani. 
Cold hands and fe^t ; also numbness of the feet and 
legs. 

Iodine. Menses premature, copious and violent, 
with great weakness. Discharge preceded by heat in 
the head and palpitation of the heart. * Ovarian re- 
gion painful, or sensitive to pressure. * Emaciation 
with a good appetite. Hard, knotty, dark-colored stools. 

Nux mos. Menses too early and too profuse, with 
discharge of thick, black blood. * Tongue and mouth 
very dry, particularly after sleeping. Great pressure 
in the back from within outwards during the menses. 

* Drowsiness and inclination to faint. * Pain in the 



MENORRHAGIA. 117 

sacrum when riding in a carriage. Great distention of 
the abdomen after eating. 

Nux v. Menses too early and too profuse ; dis- 
charge dark-colored blood. * The flow after continu- 
ing several days, stops and then returns. Dragging 
about the loins, with bearing down in the pelvis. 

* Cramp-like pains in the abdomen extending down to 
the thighs. "*She gets angry and violent without, 
provocation. Habitual constipation, with frequent 
urging to stool. 

Phos. Menses too soon, too copious, and lasting 
too long, with pain in the small of the back and in the 
abdomen. Great weakness, with cold feet and legs. 

* Sensation of weakness and emptiness in the abdomen. 

* Belching up large quantities of wind after eating. 
Very sleepy after meals, especially after dinner. 

* Long, slim, hard, difficult stools. Tall, slender 
people, with fair skin. 

Sabina. Very profuse and debilitating menses. 
Discharge partly pale-red and partly clotted blood. 

* Labor -like pains drawing down into the groin. 

* Drawing, tearing pains from the back through to the 
pubis. Very nervous and hysterical. Great liability 
to miscarry. 

Secale. Too profuse and too long continued. Dis- 
charge dark, liquid blood, increased by motion. * All 
her common ailments worse just before the menses. 
Suitable to thin, scrawny women. 

Sepia. Mostly too early and profuse. Before the 
menses, violent colic. * Painful sensation of empti- 
ness at the pit of the stomach. * Fetid urine, having 
a sediment like burnt clay. Yellow spots on the face, 
especially across the nose. * Prolapsus uteri. * Sen 
sation as if everything would escape through the 
vagina. 

Sulph. The menses last too long. * She seems to 

get almost well, and then it returns again, and again. 

Discharge acrid, corroding the thighs, and smelling 

i sour. * Flashes of heat, followed by weak, faint spells. 

* Constant heat on top of the head. Bleeding hemor- 
rhoids. 

Trillium. Menses lasting too long ; discharge at 



118 METRITIS. 

first bright-red, but grows pale. Between the periods, 
profuse leucorrhoea of a yellowish color and creamty 
consistence. Profuse hemorrhages. 



METRITIS. 






Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aeon. After a violent chill; dry, hot skin, full 
bounding pulse, and intense thirst. Cutting, lancinat- 
ing, burning, and tearing pains in the region of the 
uterus, with anguish and great fear. Suppression of 
the lochia, or too scanty discharge. * Excessive sen- 
sibility to the least touch. * Retention of urine, with 
stitches in the kidneys. * Fear of death, predicts the 
day she will die. Great restlessness and nervous ex- 
citability. 

Arnica. If the disease was induced by external vio- 
lence, as a Mow or concussion. * Sore bruised feeling all 
through the body. * The bed on which she lies feels 
too hard, which makes her constantly change about- 
Putrid eructations. 

Ars. Mostly in the advanced stages. Burning, 
lancinating pains ; the parts burn like fire. * Great 
anguish, extreme restlessness and fear of death. Rapid 
prostration, with sinking of the vital forces. * Craves 
cold drinks, but can take but little at a time. Wants 
to be covered up warmly. Aggravation at night, par- 
ticularly after midnight- 
Bell. Great tenderness of the abdomen, aggravated 
by the least jar, even of the bed. * Violent clutching 
pains, as if the parts were seized with talons (clawing). 

* Pains come on suddenly and cease as suddenly as 
they come. Great heat in the abdomen, which imparts 
a burning sensation to the hand. * Almost constant 
moaning, with starting and jumping while sleeping. 
Painful bearing down in the pelvis. Suppression of 
the lochial or menstrual discharge, or else it is scant 
and fetid. Congestion to the head, with flushed face 
and red eyes. Throbbing headache, and also delirium. 

* Great intolerance to light or noise. 



METRITIS. 119 

Bry. Stitching, burning pains in the abdomen, 
which is tender to touch, * Lochia suppressed, with 
headache as if it would split open. Lips parched, dry, 
and cracked. Great dryness of the mouth, with little 
thirst, or else drinking large quantities. * Cannot sit 
up from nausea and faintness. * Wants to remain 
perfectly quiet; worse from the least motion. * Con- 
stipation of hard, dry stools as if burnt. Exceedingly 
irritable. 

Canth. Great heat and burning in the abdomen. 
Debility, restlessness, and trembling of the limbs. 

* Constant, painful urging and tenesmus of the blad- 
der, passing but a few drops at a time, sometimes 
mixed with blood. 

Cham. If the disease was induced by a nt of anger. 
Heat all over, with thirst and red face, or one cheek is 
red and the other pale. * Violent labor-like pains in the 
uterus. Profuse lochia. Great sensitiveness to pain, 
becomes almost furious. * She is very impatient, can 
hardly answer a civil question. Urine abundant and 
light-colored. Warm sweat about the head. 

Colo. * Terrible colicky pains, causing her to bend 
double, with great restlessness. * Feeling in the ab- 
domen as if the intestines were being squeezed be- 
tween stones. Vomiting and diarrhoea, worse after 
eating or drinking. Bitter taste in the mouth. Full, 
frequent pulse, and great thirst. 

Hyos. If the disease assume a typhoid character. 

* Spasmodic jerking of the limbs, face, and eyelids. 
Furious delirium, with wild, staring look. * Mutter- 
ing, and picking at the bed-clothes. * She throws off 
the bed-clothes and wants to be naked. Complete 
apathy, or else great excitability. 

Ipec. Pain in the region of the umbilicus, extend- 
ing towards the uterus. Every movement is attended 
with a cutting pain, running from left to right. * Con- 
tinual nausea and vomiting. Discharge from the 
womb of bright-red blood. * Green, watery, fermented 
stools. 

Lach. * Cannot bear any pressure, not even the 
clothing over the uterine region. * The pain in the 
uterus is relieved for a time by a flow of blood, but 



120 METRITIS. 

♦ soon returns. Repeated chills, livid face and uncon- 
sciousness. Skin alternately hot and cold. Abdomen 
distended. Lochial discharge thin and ichorous. 

* Aggravation after sleep. 

Merc. Lancinating, boring or pressing pains in 
the genital organs. * Very sensitive about the pit of 
the stomach and abdomen. Much saliva in the mouth. 

* Tongue moist, with great thirst. Much perspira- 
tion, which affords no relief. Aggravation at night. 

* Green, slimy, or bloody mucous stools with violent 
tenesmus. 

Nuz v. Feeling of heaviness and burning in the 
genital organs and abdomen. Suppression, or else too 
profuse discharge of the lochia, with violent pains in 
the small of the back. Pain as if bruised in the neck 
of the uterus. * Constipation, with frequent and in- 
effectual urging to stool. Pain in the small of the 
back, much worse when attempting to turn in bed. 
Aggravation in the morning. 

Puis. After taking cold, particularly after getting 
the feet wet. * Frequent chilliness, even in a warm 
room. Inflammation of the uterus, with suppression 
of the lochial or menstrual discharge. Contractive or 
labor-like pains in the uterus. Semi-lateral headache. 
Nightly diarrhoea. * Thirstlessness, and bad taste in 
the mouth. Mild, tearful persons. 

Rhus t. Metritis after confinement. * She cannot 
lie still, but must change continually to get a little 
rest. * The lower limbs seem powerless, she can 
hardly draw them up. Dry tongue with red tip. 
Typhoid symptoms. Aggravation during rest, at night, 
particularly after midnight. 

Secale. Tendency to putrescence. Hot fever, in- 
termingled by shaking chills. Discharge from the 
vagina of thin black blood, very offensive. Great an- 
guish, pain in the pit of the stomach, and vomiting of 
decomposed matters. Painless diarrhoea, with much 
debility. She lies either in quiet delirium, or grows 
wild with great anxiety and desire to escape from bed. 

* Thin, scrawny women. * Desire to be uncovered. 

Stram. Face red and bloated. Extreme degree of 
nervous erethism. Convulsive trembling and restless- 



METRORRHAGIA. 121 

ness. * She awakens with a shrinking look, as if 
afraid of the first object seen. Talks continually, and 
imagines all sorts of absurd things. 

Verat. alb. Puerperal metritis, with violent fits 
of vomiting and diarrhoea. * Coldness of the extremi- 
ties, with deadly-pale face, covered with cold per- 
spiration. Suppression of the lochial discharge, with 
delirium. * Excessive weakness. 



METRORRHAGIA. 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aeon. In persons of a full plethoric habit, es- 
pecially young girls. * Active hemorrhage, with fear 
of death and great nervous excitability. So giddy, she 
cannot sit up in bed. 

Bell. Pale or flushed face. Violent pains in 
small o/ the back, as if it would break. * Profuse 
discharge of bright-red, hot blood, with violent press- 
ure downward as if everything would escape through 
the vulva. The blood sometimes has a bad smell. 
Palpitation of the heart. 

Bry. Discharge of dark-red blood in large quan- 
tities, with violent pressive pains in small of the 
back, and headache as if it would split. * Nausea and 
faintness on sitting up in bed. Mouth and lips un- 
usually dry with thirst. * Symptoms all worse by 
moving; she wants to keep perfectly quiet. Exceed- 
ingly irritable. Dry, hard stools. 

Cham. Hemorrhage of dark, coagulated blood, 
with labor-like pains. Tearing pains in the legs. Fre- 
quent discharge of large quantities of colorless urine. 
•"Very impatient; can hardly give one a civil answer. 

China. After miscarriage or labor, and in danger- 
ous cases. Discharge of clots of dark blood. * Heavi- 
ness of the head, ringing in the ears, loss of sight, and 
fainting. Sadden weakness, coldness of the extrem- 
ities, and pale face. Colic, frequent urging to uri- 
11 



122 METRORRHAGIA. 

nate, and sore tension in the abdomen. * Debility and 
other troubles after the loss of much blood. 

Croc. After miscarriage or labor, or from over- 
exertion. * Discharge of dark, stringy blood, worse 
from the least exertion. Sensation as of something 
rolling or moving about in the abdomen. Passive 
hemorrhage, in nervous, hysterical women. 

Ferr. m. Weakly persons of hemorrhagic tendency. 
Frequent discharge of partly fluid and partly black 
clotted blood, with violent labor-like pains. *The 
least emotion or exertion produces a red flushed face. 
Frequent short shudderings; headache and vertigo. 

Hyos. Flooding attended with labor-like pains in 
the uterus, drawing in the thighs and small of the 
back. Bright-red blood continuing to flow all the 
time. Heat all over the body, with a quick or full 
pulse. Trembling over the whole body, or numbness 
of the limbs. * Twitching or jerking of single limbs. 

Ipec. * Very copious flooding of bright-red blood, 
coming away in a gush, with cutting pains around the 
navel. Great pressure and bearing down. Chills and 
coldness of the body. Great weakness and inclination 
to vomit. After parturition or miscarriage. 

Sabina. Forcing or dragging pains extending to 
the back and loins. Profuse discharge of bright-red 
blood. Feeling of sinking or faintness in the abdo- 
men. * Sometimes the discharge is dark, having black- 
ish clots mixed with thin watery blood. Pains extend- 
ing from the back through to the pubis. 

Secale. * Passive hemorrhage in feeble cachectic 
females. After parturition or miscarriage. Discharge 
of dark liquid blood, with little or no pain. Coldness 
of the extremities, pale or sallow face, and small feeble 
pulse. Desire to be uncovered, worse from warmth. 

Sepia. Induration of the neck of the uterus, with 
spasmodic painful pressure over the sexual organs. 
Chronic metrorrhagia, when it is excited from the 
least cause. Yellow complexion, with spots on the 
face. * Painful sense of emptiness in the abdomen. 
Fetid urine, depositing a clay-colored sediment which 
adheres to the vessel. 

Sulph. Frequent attacks of hemorrhage ; she seems 



MISCAEKIAGE. 1 23 

to get almost well, when it occurs again and again. 
* Constant heat in top of the head, and cold feet. Fre- 
quent weak faint spells and flushes of heat. Gets 
very hungry about 11 a. m., cannot wait for dinner. 



MISCARRIAGE. 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aeon. Threatened miscarriage in consequence of 
fright. * Hemorrhage, with fear of death; she is 
sure she will die. Great fear and anxiety of mind, 
with great nervous excitability. Dizziness on rising 
from a recumbent position. Feverish restlessness. 

Apis. Stinging pains in the ovarian region. Press- 
ing-down, or labor-like pain, in the uterus. * Sensa- 
tion in the abdomen as if something tight would break, 
if much effort was made to void a stool. Scanty urine, 
and absence of thirst. Aggravation in a warm room. 

Arnica. After a fall, blow, or concussioji, especially 
if labor-pains set in, with discharge of blood or serous 
mucus. * Sore feeling all through the patient, as if 
from a bruise. The bed on which she lies feels too 
hard. 

Bell. Flushed face, red eyes, throbbing carotids 
and heat in the head. Pain in the back as if it would 
break. * Severe bearing down, as if everything would 
issue through the vulva. Profuse discharge of blood, 
neither very bright, nor dark-colored. * Pains which 
come on suddenly, and leave just as suddenly. * Ver- 
tigo when stooping, or when rising from a stooping 
posture. Great intolerance to light or noise. 

Calc. c. Scrofulous diathesis. She has heretofore 
suffered from too early and too profuse menstruation. 
She is very weakly in general ; walking produces great 
fatigue, and she is out of breath when going up stairs. 
When standing, a pressing down, as if everything 
would come out through the genitals. * Her feet feel 
as if they had on cold, damp stockings. * Vertigo 
when ascending a height. 



L24 MISCARRIAGE. 

Cham. Periodical pains resembling those of labor, 
with discharge of dark-colored or coagulated blood. 

* Violent pains in the bowels, extending to the sides, 
with frequent urination. Becomes almost furious about 
the pains. * Very impatient, can hardly answer a 
civil question. Hot perspiration about the head. 

China. In weak and exhausted persons from loss 
of animal fluids. After miscarriage when there is 
hemorrhage unto fainting ; giddiness, drowsiness, and 
loss of consciousness. * Heaviness of the head, ring- 
ing in the ears, and coldness of the extremities. 
Twitching and jerking of single muscles. 

Croc. Especially where the discharge consists of 
dark, stringy blood, which is increased by the least exertion. 

* Sensation of fluttering, or as if something were mov- 
ing about in the abdomen. Mostly after miscarriage. 

Ferr. m. After miscarriage, when there is a dis- 
charge of partly fluid and partly black, clotted blood, 
with violent labor-like pains. Full, hard pulse, and 
short shudderings. * Least emotion or exertion pro- 
duces a red, flushed face. General hemorrhagic ten- 
dency. 

Hyos. Miscarriage attended with spasms or con- 
vulsions of the whole body. Discharge of light-red 
bloo<l, with labor-like pains. * Twitching and jerking 
of single muscles or limbs. Adapted to hysterical sub- 
jects. 

Igna. Suppressed grief seems to have been the 
exciting cause. * Sadness and sighing, with an empty 
feeling at the pit of the stomach. Uterine cramps with 
cutting stitches. * Difficult stools causing prolapsus 
ani. 

Ipec. * Profuse and continuous discharge of bright- 
red blood, accompanied with pressure downward. 
Cutting pains around the navel. * Continual sense of 
nausea, without a moment's relief. Disposition to faint. 

Nux mos. Adapted to hysterical females. Pres- 
sure in the abdomen, and drawing down into the legs 
from the navel ; discharge dark and thick. * Great 
drowsiness and inclination to faint. 

Nux v. Every pain produces a desire to go to 
stool, or to urinate. Much pain in small of the back, 



MORNING SICKNESS. . 125 

which is made worse by turning in bed. Writhing 
pains in the abdomen, accompanied by nausea, or 
pains in the back and loins as if dislocated. * Very 
irritable, and wishes to be alone. Constipation of large 
difficult stools. Persons who live on rich and highly 
seasoned food, and live too sedentary. 

Puis. Labor-like pains alternating with hemor- 
rhage; restlessness. *The discharge is arrested for 
a little while, then returns with redoubled violence. 
Suffocative spells ; she craves fresh air, and is worse 
in a close, warm room. * Inclination to be chilly, eveu 
in a warm room. Mild, tearful women. 

Rhus t. * If a wrench or a strain is the exciting 
cause. Pains worse in the latter part of the night 
and during rest; has to change position often to get 
a little temporary relief. 

Sabina. Violent forcing or dragging pains extend- 
ing from the back through to the pubis. * Discharge 
profuse, consisting of bright-red, partly fluid and part- 
ly clotted blood. Feeling of sinking or faintness in the 
abdomen. Especially adapted to women who habitu- 
ally miscarry about the third month. 

Secale. Especially after miscarriage has occurred. 
* Copious flow of black, liquid blood, worse from the 
slightest motion. * Passive hemorrhage in thin, 
scrawny, cachectic women. Great debility, feeble al- 
most extinct pulse, and fear of death. Little or no pain. 

Sepia. Painful sensation of emptiness at the pit 
of the stomach. * Sense of weight in the anus like a 
heavy ball. * Yellow saddle across the bridge of the 
nose. Pressing in the uterus, with oppressed breath- 
ing. Very fetid urine depositing a clay-colored sedi- 
ment, which adheres to the vessel with great tenacity. 



MORNING SICKNESS. 

Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Ant. c. Eructations tasting of the ingesta. Nausea 
with vertigo. * Frightful and persistent vomiting, 
11* 



126 MORNING SICKNESS. 

with convulsions. Derangement caused by overload- 
ing the stomach. 

Arsen. Excessive vomiting, especially after eating 
or drinking. * Great desire for water, but can take 
only a little. * Vomiting of fluids as soon as taken. 
Great weakness and emaciation ; exhausting diarrhoea. 

Bry. Nausea immediately on waking in the morn- 
ing. Lips dry and parched ; dry mouth and tongue, 
with much thirst. Vomiting of food immediately after 
eating it. Headache as if it would split open. * She 
feels better by keeping perfectly quiet. * Dry, hard 
stools, as if burnt. Very irritable. 

Calc. c. Heartburn and eructations of food. Sore- 
ness of the sides or tip of the tongue, *so that she can 
scarcely talk or eat. * Going up stairs puts her out 
of breath : also causes vertigo. * Cold, damp feet 
continually. Cannot bear tight clothing around the 
waist. * She cannot sleep after three in the morning. 

Cocc. Cardialgia after a meal. In the morning, 
she can scarcely rise up on account of nausea and in- 
clination to vomit ; it makes her so faint. * Nausea 
from riding in a carriage or in a boat. 

Coni. Terrible nausea and vomiting during preg- 
nancy. Sour eructations, with burning in the stomach. 
* Vertigo, particularly when lying down and when 
turning over in bed. Swelling and soreness of the 
breasts. 

Cyclamen. After eating the least quantity, dis- 
gust and nausea in the palate and throat. Much dim- 
ness of vision, with fiery specks and sparks before the 
eyes. Intermittent thirst. 

Ipec. Nausea and vomiting, with great uneasiness 
in the stomach. * Continual nausea all the time, not 
a moment's relief. * Vomiting of large quantities of 
mucus. Bilious vomiting, and tendency to relaxation 
of the bowels. 

Natr. m. In obstinate cases, accompanied by loss 
of appetite and taste. Waterbrash, like limpid mucus, 
and much acidity of the stomach. * Always awakens 
in the morning with headache, and has heartburn 
after eating. * Feeling of great hunger, as if the 
stomach were empty, but, no appetite. 



MUMPS. 127 

Nitric acid. * Much nausea and gastric trouble, 
relieved by moving about or riding in a carriage. 
Constant nausea, with heat in the stomach extending to 
the throat. Strong-smelling urine. 

Nux v. Nausea and vomiting chiefly in the morn- 
ing, while eating, or immediately after eating or drink- 
ing. Acrid and bitter eructations and regurgitations. 

* She feels as if she would be better if she could vomit. 

* Cannot bear the odor of tobacco. Females of seden- 
tary habits, and who are accustomed to the use of 
highly seasoned food. * Large, difficult stools, with 
frequent urging. 

Phos. Nausea with hunger, early in the morning. 
Very weak feeling in the abdomen, and heat up the 
back. Sour vomiting and sour eructations. *Long, 
narrow, hard stools, very difficult to expel. * Very 
sleepy after meals, particularly after dinner. 

Puis. Frequent eructations, tasting of the ingesta. 
Vomiting after every meal. * Vomiting of mucus. 

* Bad taste in the mouth every morning on waking. 
No kind of food tastes good to her. Perceptible pul- 
sations in the pit of the stomach. Diarrhoea, mostly 
at night. Persons of a mild, tearful disposition. 

Sepia. Nausea in the morning as if all the viscera 
were turning inside out. * Sense of emptiness at the 
pit of the stomach. The very thought of food sickens 
her. Yellowness of the face, particularly across the 
nose. Painful feeling of hunger in the stomach. 



MUMPS. 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Bell. Redness of the face and eyes. * Bright-red 
swelling of the glands, especially on the right side. 
Tendency to erysipelatous inflammation of the parts 
affected. * Sudden disappearance of the swelling, 
with throbbing headache and delirium. * Sleepiness, 
but cannot sleep. 

Carb. v. Slow grade of fever ; the swelling be- 



128 NEPHRITIS. 

comes very hard and will not disperse as it should. 
* Metastasis to the stomach, with burning, pressure 
and sensitiveness of the epigastrium. After abuse of 
calomel. * The most innocent food disagrees. Much 
belching of sour, rancid food. 

Hyos. If the disease be transmitted to the brain. 
Unconscious delirium, red face, wild, staring look, 
and throbbing of the carotids. * Twitching and jerk- 
ing of the limbs, with great nervous excitability. 
Giddiness, with stupefaction. 

Merc. If the disease was induced by a cold. Erethic 
fever, with alternate heat and chills. Hard swelling 
of the gland, with stiffness of the jaws and difficulty 
of swallowing. Thirst, particularly at night. * Per- 
spiration, affording no relief. * Profuse secretion of 
saliva, and very offensive breath. Dark-green or slimy 
stools with severe tenesmus. All worse at night, and in 
damp rainy weather. 

Puis. When there is metastasis to the female 
mammae, or to the testicles of the male. Inflamma- 
tion and swelling of the testicles, with drawing pain 
extending up the spermatic cords. * Vertigo when 
rising from a sitting posture, with chilliness. * Thickly- 
coated tongue, with very bad taste in the morning. 
Mild, tearful disposition. 

Rhus t. If typhoid symptoms set. in, or the inflam- 
mation assumes an erysipelatous character. Lame- 
ness and stiffness of the limbs, with pain on first mov- 
ing them after rest. * Parotitis after scarlatina, with 
dropsical symptoms. * Restless at night; must turn 
often to find a few moments' ease. 



NEPHRITIS. 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aeon. In the early stage, when there is high fever, 
evinced by hot, dry skin, quick pulse, and intense 
thirst. * Retention of urine, with stitches in the kid- 



NEPHRITIS. 129 

neys. * Fear and anxiety of mind, with great nervous 
excitability. * So giddy, cannot sit up in bed. 

Bell. Shooting pains from the kidneys to the blad- 
der. * Pains which appearand disappear suddenly. 

* Sensation as of a worm writhing in the bladder. 
Urine scanty, of a bright-red or yellowish color, de- 
positing a whitish thick sediment. Heat and swelling 
in the region of the kidney. * Back feels as if it 
would break, hindering motion. Throbbing pain in the 
forehead. 

Cannabis. Inflammation of the kidneys, with 
dragging or shooting pains along the ureters to the 
•groin. Painful urging to urinate, passing only a few 
drops of bloody, burning urine. Burning during and 
after micturition. 

Canth. Burning heat, with thirst and anxiety. 
Shooting, cutting, or tearing pains in the loins and 
region of the kidney. * Constant desire to urinate, 
passing but a few drops at a time, sometimes mixed 
with blood. Burning, cutting pains in the bladder, 
with ineffectual efforts to urinate. * Vomiting, with 
violent retching and severe colic. 

Hepar. Where suppuration has occurred, or the 
formation of abscess is imminent. * Sensation of 
throbbing in the region of the kidney. Feeling of 
weight in the loins. Alternate chilliness and heat, 
followed by profuse perspiration. 

Merc. For a similar train of symptoms as are de- 
scribed under Hepar., and where that remedy does 
not produce the desired improvement. Urine scanty 
and red, with strong smell. * Much perspiration, af- 
fording no relief. 

Lyc. * Renal colic, when the pain is felt along the 
ureters into the bladder, especially on the right side. 

* Pted sandy sediment, in the urine. Cutting pain across 
the hypogastrium, from right to left. * Terrific pain 
in the back previous to every urination, with relief as 
soon as the urine begins to flow. 

Nux v. In persons of sedentary habits, or where 
the disease arises from suppressed hemorrhoids. Pain 
in small of the back, so bad, he cannot move. * Pain- 
ful desire to urinate, with scanty emissions in drops, 



130 NEURALGIA. 

with burning, tearing pains. Reddish urine, with brick- 
dust-like sediment. * Constipation of hard difficult 
stools, and frequent urging. 

Puis. Persons of a mild, tearful disposition, or 
females with scanty or suppressed menses. Aching 
pain in small of the back. * Frequent and almost 
ineffectual urging to urinate, with cutting pain. Chil- 
liness even in a warm room Headache, relieved by 
compression. * Craves cool fresh air, worse in a warm 
room. Bad taste in the morning. * Vertigo when rising 
from a sitting posture. Pale watery urine, jelly-like 
sediment. 

Sepia. * Yellowness Of the face, particularly across- 
the bridge of the nose resembling a saddle. Great 
sense of emptiness at the pit of the stomach. Intense 
burning and cutting pain when urinating. * Fetid 
urine, depositing a clay-colored sediment, which ad- 
heres to the vessel as if it had been burnt on. * Sense 
of great weight in the anus, not relieved by stool. 

Sulph. In chronic or protracted cases where only 
partial relief has been obtained by other remedies. 
* Burning and drawing pain in small of the back. 
Pulsative stitches in the region of the loins and kid- 
neys. Painful desire to urinate, with discharge of 
drops of bloody urine. * Very fetid urine. Frequent 
weak, faint spell. * Constant heat on top of the head. 

Terebinth. Burning, drawing pains in the kid- 
neys. Pressure in the bladder, extending up into the 
kidneys when sitting, disappearing when walking 
about. * Difficult urination, with burning in the 
bladder. * Blood is thoroughly mixed with the urine, 
like coffee-grounds sediment. 

Nephritis arising from the use of Spanish fly-blister, 
will be relieved by Camphor in drop-doses. 



NEURALGIA. 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aeon. Red and hot face, with pain on one side. 
* Pains so severe, the patient becomes desperate, and 



NEURALGIA. 131 

declares that something must be done. * Great fear and 
anxiety, with vertigo on rising from a sitting posture. 
Pains worst at night, with great restlessness. 

Ars. Attacks return periodically, and are chiefly 
felt around the eye and in the temples. * Burning, 
stinging pain, as if pierced with red-hot needles. 
Pain so great at times, as to almost drive one dis- 
tracted. Great fear and anxiety of mind, with ex- 
treme restlessness. Aggravation about midnight. 
Temporary relief from external heat, and from mov- 
ing about. Great prostration. 

Bell. Pain most violent under the eye, excited by 
rubbing the part, * Darting pains in the cheek-bones, 
nose, or zygomatic process. Cutting and tearing pains, 
with stiifness at the nape of the neck, and clenching 
of the jaws. * Violent shooting or tearing pains in 
the ball of the eye. * Convulsive jerkings in the facial 
muscles. * Great intolerance to noise or light. Aggra- 
vation in the afternoon. 

Caust. Tensive or beating pains in the facial 
bones, especially under the eye. * Drawing pains, 
mostly on the right side, from the cheek-bone to the 
temple. Obstinate constipation and hemorrhoids. 

* Involuntary urination when coughing. 

Cham. Stitching or jerking pains, that seem in- 
tolerable, especially at night. * The pain causes hot 
perspiration about the head, and extorts cries. * Very 
impatient, can hardly answer a civil question. Great 
sensitiveness to pain, becomes almost furious. 

China. Periodical attacks. * Darting, tearing pains, 
aggravated by the least contact. Pain mostly in the 
infra-orbital and maxillary nerves. * Exacerbation 
every other day. Weakly persons who have lost much 
blood. 

Cimicifu. Intense and persistent pains in the eye- 
balls, of a dull, aching, sore nature. Sensation as if 
the top of the head would fly off; the cerebrum feels 
t"0 large for the skull, pressing outwards and up- 
wards. 

Colo. Neuralgia chiefly on the left side of the face. 

* Violent rending and darting pains, aggravated by 
touch or motion. Tearing, screwing pains, together 



132 NEURALGIA. 

with great restlessness and anxiety. Better from per- 
fect rest, and from warm applications. If caused by 
anger. 

Gels. Throbbing pain in the medulla passing through 
the mastoid to the forehead and eyes. Great heavi- 
ness of the eyelids, it is impossible to keep them open. 
Dimness of vision, and confusion of mind. 

Hepar. Pains in the malar bones, extending to 
the ears and temples. Worse when in the open air, 
and better from wrapping up the face. Fluent coryza, 
with hoarseness and much sweating. After the abuse 
of mercury. 

Iris v. Neuralgia of the head, eyes, and temples. 

* Sharp, cutting pains of short duration, with vomit- 
ing of a sweetish mucus. Burning distress in the epi- 
gastrium. Profuse flow of saliva. Pains aggravated 
by rest. 

Merc. Tearing pains, worse at night in bed. 

* Pain starts in a decayed tooth, and involves the 
whole side of the face, which may be red and swollen. 
Profuse ptyalism and lachrymation. * Much perspira- 
tion affording no relief. If arisen from a cold. 

Mez. Chiefly on the left side of the face. The 
pains extend to the eye, temple, ear, neck, and 
shoulder. * Boring, pressing pains, coming like light- 
ning, leaving the parts numb. Aggravated by taking 
warm food or drink, or from entering a warm room 
after being in the open air. 

Nuz v. Drawing, tearing, or compressive pains, 
chiefly in the forehead or in the part just above the 
root of the nose. * Tearing pain in the facial and 
infra-orbital nerves. Numbness of the affected part. 
Redness and lachrymation of the eyes. Fluent watery 
discharge from the nose. Constipation, with frequent 
urging to stool. * Very irritable, and wishes to be 
alone. Aggravation in the morning, and from mental 
exertion. 

Phos. Drawing and tearing pain in the jaws, root 
of the nose, eyes, and temples. Face swollen and 
pale. Vertigo, and buzzing in the ears. * Sensation 
of weakness and emptiness in the abdomen. * Long, 
narrow, hard stools, very difficult to expel. Aggrava 



NEURALGIA. 133 

tion from chewing, talking, or touching the affected 
parts. 

Flatina. Severe spasmodic or boring pain in the 
cheek-bones, with a sensation of crawling or creeping 
in the parts. *The attack is preceded by a feeling of 
coldness and torpor. Anxiety, weeping, and palpita- 
tion of the heart. Redness of the face and lachryma- 
tion. Aggravation in the evening and when at rest. 

Puis. Mostly on the right side of the face and 
head. * Darting, tearing pains extending from the 
jaw to the orbit and temple. * Profuse lachrymation 
from the affected eye. Chilliness even in a warm 
room. Mild, tearful disposition. Aggravation towards 
evening and in a warm room. Better from cold, and 
worse from warm applications. 

Rhus t. Drawing, burning, tearing pain in the 
malar bones, root of the nose and ear. * Pain aggra- 
vated by rest, must move about continually to get a 
little relief. Worse at night, particularly after mid- 
night. 

Sepia. Drawing or cramp-like pains in the facial 
bones, mostly on the left side. Great sense of empti- 
ness at the pit of the stomach. * Yellowness of the 
face, particularly across the bridge of the nose resem- 
bling a saddle. * Sense of great weight in the anus, 
not relieved by stool. Especially during the period 
of gestation. 

Spig. Periodical neuralgia, mostly on the left side. 
* Pains darting or burning, especially in the cheek- 
bones, eyeballs, and above the eye. Redness of the 
parts affected. Flow of water from the eyes and nose. 
Twitching of the muscles in the face. Palpitation of 
the heart, and difficulty of breathing. * Pains aggra- 
vated by the least contact or motion. 

Staph. The pain starts in a decayed tooth and ex- 
tends to the eye. Drawing, tearing pains in the cheek- 
bones. Is very sensitive to the least impression. Cold 
hands and cold sweat in the face. * Pains worse from 
slight and better from hard pressure. 

Stram. Many nervous symptoms. * Pains un- 
bearable, driving the patient to despair. Extreme 
degree of nervous erethism, with convulsive twitching 
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134 OPHTHALMIA. 

of the muscles of the face. Jerking through the whole 
body. * Delirious, talking continually ; eyes wide 
open. * Vertigo when walking in the dark. 

Sulph. Mostly in chronic cases, or where well 
chosen remedies do not have the desired effect. 

* After suppressed cutaneous eruptions. Dry, husky, 
scaly skin ; no perspiration. * Constant heat on top 
of the head. Frequent weak, faint spells. 

Verat. a. Drawing, tearing pain in the right side 
of the face and above the ear. Bluish paleness of the 
face. Sunken eyes and coldness of the extremities. 

* Attacks of pain, with delirium, or driving to mad- 
ness. Trembling and jerking of the limbs. * Cold 
sweat, especially on the forehead. 

Verbascum, Violent pain jerking like lightning, 
or pressive numbing. The pain is excited by pressure, 
sneezing, talking, chewing, etc. Attacks recur at the 
same hour every day, and is attended with headache, 
vertigo, belching, and a discharge of tough saliva from 
the mouth. 

Zinc. Burning, quick stitches, and jerking along 
the course of the infra - orbital nerve, right side. 
Bluish color of the eyelids and numbness of the tongue. 
Constricted sensation in the throat. * Constant trem- 
bling of the hands, with coldness of the extremities. 

* Fidgety feeling in the feet, must move them con- 
stantly. 



OPHTHALMIA. 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aeon. Purulent ophthalmia, where the inflamma- 
tion runs high; dry, hot skin and full, quick pulse. 

* Intense redness and swelling of the affected parts, 
attended with acute pain. Great intolerance to light. 

* Fear, anxiety, and great restlessness. Flushed 
cheeks, and throbbing of the arteries about the neck. 

Ars. Inflammation of the conjunctiva and scle- 
rotica, with dark redness and congestion of the vessels 



OPHTHALMIA. 135 

* Burning pains ; the parts burn like fire. Inflamma- 
tory swelling of the lids. Specks or ulcers on the 
cornea. * Nightly agglutination of the lids. Great 
anguish and restlessness. * Intense thirst, drinking 
little and ofren. 

Calc. c. * Scrofulous ophthalmia. Inflammation, 
redness, and purulent secretion from the eyeballs. 

* Swelling and redness of the eyelids, with nightly 
agglutination. * Stinging pains, worse from candle- 
light. Specks and ulcers on the cornea. Constant 
desire to keep the eyes in darkness. Glandular 
swellings of the neck, and eruptions on the hairy scalp. 

Bell. Acute ophthalmia, icith very great intolerance to 
light or noise. * Vivid redness of the sclerotica, with 
discharge of hot. salt tears, or great dryness of the 
eyes. Sharp pains in the orbits, extending to the 
brain. Pains which appear suddenly, and cease as 
suddenly. Dimness of vision. Throbbing headache, 
increased by motion. 

Euphr. Aching pain in the eyes and redness of 
the sclerotica. Vesicles, or specks and ulcers on the 
cornea. * Copious secretion of mucus and tears. 
Swelling of the eyeballs. * Fluent coryza and head- 
ache. Photophobia, flickering of the light. 

Graph. Scrofulous ophthalmia, or chronic conges- 
tion of the conjunctiva. Purulent secretion from the 
balls and lids, with frequent agglutination. Ulcers 
on the cornea. Eyelids much inflamed and painful. 
Constant desire to keep the eyes covered. * Unhealthy 
skin, with eruptions oozing out a sticky glutinous fluid. 

Lye. Agglutination of the lids at night, and lach- 
rymation by day. * Burning and smarting in the 
eyes. Scrofulous or catarrhal ophthalmia. Aptness to 
take cold. * Red sediment like sand in the urine. 
Obstinate constipation. * Constant sensation of satiety, 
feels full up to the throat. 

Merc. Gonorrheal, or scrofulous ophthalmia. Vio- 
lent inflammation and redness of the eyes. * Cutting, 
burning pains, or pressure in the eyes as if from sand. 
Excessive sensitiveness of the eyes to the glare of fire, 
or to the light. * Vesicles and pimples on the scle- 
rotica. Pustules and scurfs around the eyes and on 
the margins of the lids. 



136 PERICARDITIS, ETC. 






Nitr. ac, and Hepar., are the best remedies for 
the removal of mercurial ophthalmia, following the 
abuse of this drug in syphilis and other diseases. 

Puis. Catarrhal or rheumatic ophthalmia. Pres- 
sure and burning in the eyes as if from sand. Red- 
ness and swelling of the conjunctiva and lids. Burn- 
ing and corrosive lachrymation. Itching and burning 
of the eyes, inducing a disposition to rub them. 

* Evening aggravation. Mild, tearful disposition. 

Spig. Rheumatic and arthritic ophthalmia. Pains 
of a pressive or stitching character, worse from move- 
ment. Vessels of the conjunctiva much congested. 
Upper lids swollen and stiff. * Aching pains deep in 
the orbits when touched. 

Sulph. Scrofulous ophthalmia. * Itching and 
burning in the eyes and eyelids, worse by moving or 
exposing them to the sunlight. * Feeling as of sand in 
the eyes. Specks, vesicles, and ulcers on the cornea. 

* Flashes of heat, and weak, faint spells. * Burning 
on top of the head. After suppressed cutaneous erup- 
tions. 



PERICARDITIS, ETC. 



Although Pericarditis, Endocarditis, Myocarditis, 
and Hypertrophy of the heart, are usually considered 
under separate heads, yet their cause, and the tissues 
involved are so intimately connected, that the reme- 
dies adapted to one, will be found correspondingly 
appropriate to the others. 

Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aeon. Full bounding pulse, dry burning skin, 
agonized tossing about, violent thirst, red face, and 
shortness of breath. * Great fear and anxiety of 
mind, with great nervous excitability. * Lancinating 
pain in the chest, hindering respiration. Has to sit 
straight up, can hardly breathe. * Fear of death, 
predicts the day he will die. 

Arnica. If caused by external injuries. Lanci- 



PERICARDITIS, ETC. 137 

nating pain in the region of the heart, causing faint- 
ness Oppression of the chest and great difficulty of 
breathing. * Sore feeling all through the patient as 
if from a bruise. * The bed on which he lies feels too 
hard, causing him to change from place to place. 

Ars. Inflammation consequent upon the suppres- 
sion of measles, scarlet fever, or the drying up of old 
sores. Violent palpitation of the heart, particularly at 
night, and when lying down. * Great anguish, ex- 
treme restlessness, and fear of death. Dyspnoea, can- 
not lie down for fear of suffocation. Rapid prostra- 
tion. * Extreme thirst, drinks little and often. 

Aspar. Chronic organic affections of the heart. 
Throbbing of the heart, perceptible to the hand and 
ear, setting in after slight motion. * Irregular, quick, 
double beats of the heart, with anxiety. 

Aurum. Endocarditis consequent upon previously 
existing rheumatic affections. Distressing, anxious 
pains, preventing the patient from lying down. * Has 
to sit perfectly quiet in an upright position. Irreg- 
ular intermittent pulse. *Great melancholy, and loath- 
ing of life. 

Bry. Where the disease is complicated with rheu- 
matism or disorders of the pulmonary structure. 
* Stitching pains in the region of the heart, aggra- 
vated by breathing or motion. * Wants to lie perfectly 
quiet. Intermittent pulse. * Hard, dry stools, as if 
burnt. Exceedingly irritable, everything makes him 
angry. 

Cactus. Acute pains in the region of the heart, 
and difficulty of breathing. * Feeling of constriction 
at the heart, as if an iron band prevented its normal 
action. Palpitation worse when walking, and at night 
when lying on the left side. Attacks of suffocation, 
with fainting. 

Cann. Tensive aching pain behind the sternum. 
Frequent beatings in both sides of the chest, most 
painful in the region of the heart. Violent shocks in 
the region of t he heart, as if it would fall out, when 
stooping or making exertion. Sensation of fulness 
about the heart. 

Dig. If caused by protracted grief, care, or am- 
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138 PERICARDITIS, ETC. 

iety. * Sharp stitches, or contractive pains in the re- 
gion of the heart. Uneasy sensation in the left side 
of the chest, often extending to the shoulder and arm. 
* Palpitation excited by talking, motion, or on lying 
down. Short hurried breathing. (Edema of the feet 
and legs. Bloated, pale face. 

Iod. Scrofulous subjects. Pressing sensation in the 
region of the heart. * Violent palpitation, increased 
from the slightest motion. Better when lying perfectly 
still on the back. * Extreme weakness and loss of 
breath on going up stairs. Fainting spells. 

Kali c. Stitches in the region of the heart, with 
frequent and violent palpitation. Crampy pain about 
the heart, as if bands were firmly drawn round it. *A 
blowing noise, and a louder second tick of the pulmo- 
nary artery is heard, * Swelling over the upper eye- 
lids, like little bags, in the morning. Aggravation 
about 3 a. m. 

Lach. Constrictive sensation about the heart. 
Palpitation with much anxiety. Irregularity of the 
beats of the heart. Sudden oppression of the chest, 
accompanied by cough and palpitation. * Cannot lie 
down, must sit up, bent forwards. *Can bear nothing 
to touch the neck or throat. Aggravation after sleep. 

Phos. Tightness across the chest, with difficulty of 
breathing and great weakness. Palpitation, worse 
after eating, or from mental emotion. Congestion of 
the lungs, tight cough, and spitting of blood. * Con- 
stipation of hard, narrow, difficult stools, or painless 
diarrhoea. 

Puis. Persons of a mild, tearful disposition. Heavi- 
ness, pressure, and burning in the region of the heart. 
Pain in small of the back, and palpitation of the 
heart. * Loose, rattling cough, worse on first lying 
down at night. Rheumatic pains, which quickly change 
locality. Nightly diarrhoea. * Scanty or suppressed 
menses. All worse towards evening. 

Rhus t. Sensation of weakness and trembling of 
the heart. Violent palpitation on sitting still. * Stitches 
in the heart, with painful lameness and numbness of 
the left arm. * Pains worse during rest, has to 
change position often to get relief. 



PERTUSSIS. 139 

Spig. Organic disease of the heart. (Rubbing 
bellows sound.) * Palpitation so violent, it can be 
seen and heard at a distance. * Can lie only on the 
right side, with the trunk well raised. The least mo- 
tion produces great suffocation, anxiety, and palpita- 
tion. * Stitching pains in the chest from the slightest 
motion. Rheumatic pericarditis. 

Sulph. If caused from suppressed eruptions or 
hemorrhoidal discharges. Palpitation of the heart, 
especially when going up stairs, with shortness of 
breath. Sensation as if the heart was enlarged. 
Steady pain in the left side through to the shoulders. 
* Frequent weak, faint spells. * Constant heat on 
top of the head. * Early morning diarrhoea. Dry, 
husky, scaly skin. Sleeplessness. 

Verat. alb. Paroxysms of anguish about the heart, 
which beats very strongly. Violent, visible, anxious 
palpitation of the heart. Stitches in the sides of the 
chest, worse when coughing. * Cold sweat on the 
forehead. * Exhausting diarrhoea, with great weak- 
ness after every stool. Anguish and fear of death. 
Sensation as of a lump of ice on top of the head. 



PERTUSSIS. 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aeon. If a constant febrile condition prevails, 
and when at the commencement the cough is dry, 
whistling, with soreness of the throat. * The child 
grasps at its throat with every cough as if it were in 
pain. * Great anguish, restlessness, and anxiety. 

Ambra gris. Severe paroxysms of hollow-sound- 
ing cough, worse morning and evening and during the 
night. Oppression and rapid respiration. Expectora- 
tion of large quantities of tough, grayish or yellow 
mucu«, especially in the morning. 

Anacar. When fits of anger cause paroxysms of 
cough, and when children are very ill-natured. Diffi- 



140 PERTUSSIS. 

culty of breathing accompanies and succeeds the 
coughing spells. * Children with uncontrollable tem- 
pers. 

Arn. Left cheek swollen and red, with heat in the 
head and coldness of the body. * Every coughing 
spell is preceded by crying. Feels sore all over as if 
bruised. Bleeding from the nose. 

Ars. Suffocative, dry cough, with scanty or sup- 
pressed urine. * Great prostration, with waxy pale- 
ness and coldness of the skin. * Intense thirst, drinks 
little and often. * Feels better in a warm room. 
Aggravation at night, particularly after midnight. 

Bell. Frequent paroxysms of cough, worse in the 
night, hard and barking like croup. * The child gets 
very red in the face with every coughing spell. *Eyes 
swollen, and the sclerotica injected with blood. Bleed- 
ing of the nose. In the beginning, or when the disease 
has attained a high degree of severity. 

Bry. Paroxysms set in principally in the evening 
or at night, or after eating or drinking with vomiting. 
* Cough with expectoration of brownish phlegm with 
stitches through the chest. * Constipation, with dry, 
hard stools, as if burnt. Exceedingly irritable, every- 
thing makes him angry. Lips parched, dry, and 
cracked. 

Carb. v. Spasmodic hollow cough, with bloody 
expectoration. * Great exhaustion after every cough- 
ing spell, with blueness of the skin, hot head and face. 
Small rapid pulse and cold sweat. Sensation as if the 
oesophagus was contracted. * Stomach and bowels 
greatly distended with flatulence. 

Cham. Dry cough, worse at night, or in the cold 
air. * Child very fretful, must be carried all the time 
to keep it quiet. * One cheek red and hot, and the 
other pale and cold. Green watery corroding stools, 
smelling like rotten eggs. * Warm sweat about the 
head. 

Cina. * During the paroxysm, the child suddenly 
becomes stiff. After the paroxysm, there is a gurgling 
noise from the throat to the abdomen. Cough aggra- 
vated by running, talking, laughing, &c. * Paleness 
of the face and blueness around the mouth and eyes. 



PERTUSSIS. 141 

Spasms with jerking and twitching of the muscles. 
*Much picking of the nose, and other worm symptoms. 

Cocus cacti, Nightly, periodical attacks of cough, 
from tickling in the larynx. * Every coughing spell 
ends with expectoration of large quantities of viscid, 
stringy mucus. 

Coral, rub. Spasms of cough, so violent that the 
child loses its breath and turns purple and black in the 
face. * Takes very little food or drink. Spasmodic 
convulsive cough. 

Cup. Violent and long-continued paroxysms of 
cough, completely exhausting the patient. * During 
the attack, the child becomes rigid, turns black in the 
face, and seems as if dend. Vomiting after the par- 
oxysm, and rattling of mucus in the chest between the 
attacks. 

Dros. The paroxysm is extremely violent, with 
chills and fever. * Violent spasmodic cough, threat- 
ening suffocation. * Worse particularly after twelve 
at night. Vomiting of food or mucus, and bleeding 
from the mouth and nose. 

Hepar. Dry, spasmodic, croupy cough, with sore- 
ness of the larynx, worse towards morning. * Cough 
sounds croupy, and it seems as if the patient would 
choke. Rattling, choking cough, worse after mid- 
night. * Cannot bear to be uncovered, coughs when 
any part of the body is exposed. 

Kali hi. Violent, rattling cough, lasting some 
minutes, with an effort to vomit. * Choking cough, 
with expectoration of viscid mucus, which can be 
drawn out in long strings. Burning pain in the 
trachea and bronchia. 

Lach. * The slightest pressure on the larynx pro- 
duces violent and long - continued cough. * Child 
always awakens in a coughing fit. Can bear nothing 
tight about the neck, or waist. 

Merc. Cough only at night, or only during the 
day. * Two paroxysms succeed each other closely, 
and are separated from the next two by an interval of 
perfect rest. During the vomiting the patient bleeds 
at the nose and mouth. * Profuse sweat at night, with 
nervous agitation. Much trouble from ascarides. 



142 . PLEURISY. 

Nux v. Hard, dry cough, worse in the morning. 

* The child has choking spells, becomes blue in the 
face, bleeds at the nose and mouth. Gagging, vomit- 
ing and constipation. During the paroxysm, pain in 
the umbilical region as if it would be torn to pieces. 
After nostrums and cough-mixtures. 

Puis. Cough from the beginning, with profuse ex- 
pectoration. Frequent vomiting of mucus or the in- 
gesta. Diarrhoea, especially at night. * Chilliness 
even in a warm room, and vertigo on rising from a 
sitting posture. Mild, tearful persons, with blue eyes 
and blonde hair. 

Sulph. Scrofulous subjects. Frequent relapses 
without any known cause. Dry, suppressed, choking 
cough. Unhealthy skin, dry, husky, and scaly. No 
sweat from the beginning. * Frequent weak, faint 
spells. * Much rattling of mucus in the chest. Con- 
stipation, or morning diarrhoea. 

Squill. During the cough the child sneezes, waters 
at the nose and eyes. * Constant rubbing of the nose, 
face, and eyes during the cough. Cough excited by 
cold drinks and from exertion. 

Tart. em. Cough preceded by crying, or occurs 
after eating or drinking, or when getting warm in bed. 

* Rattling cough, as if the bronchial tubes were full 
of mucus, but none is expectorated. * Nausea and 
vomiting of large quantities of mucus, with cold sweat 
on the forehead. Drowsiness. 

Verat. alb. Spasmodic cough, with yue face and 
suffocation. * After every coughing spell the child 
falls over exhausted, with cold sweat upon the fore- 
head. * Vomiting of tough, thin mucus, and involun- 
tary discharge of urine. Attacks occur on entering a 
warm room, or from drinking cold water. 



PLEURISY. 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aeon. Chill and synochal fever; full bounding 
pulse, dry, hot skin, agonized tossing about, violent 



PLEURISY. 143 

thirst, red face, shortness of breath, and great nervous 
excitability. * Piercing and stitching pains in the 
chest, hindering respiration, with dry cough. Inabil- 
ity to lie on the right side. General suspension of the 
secretory functions. 

Arnica. After mechanical injuries. Sensation as 
if the ribs were bruised. Stitching pains in the left 
side of the chest, with a short, dry cough. * Sore 
feeling through the whole system as if from a bruise. 

* Constantly changing about on account of the bed 
feeling so hard. 

Bry. Cheeks flushed and hot. Position upon the 
affected side with respiration greatly oppressed. 

* Stitching pain in the affected part, aggravated by 
inspiration or the least motion. * Headache as if it 
would split open. * Cannot sit up on account of nau- 
sea and faintness. Thirst for large quantities of water 
at long intervals. * Constipation of hard, dry stools 
as if burnt. Exceedingly irritable, everything makes 
him angry. 

Kali c. When the violent, stitching pain does not 
yield to Bryonia, Darting, stitching, shooting or cut- 
ting pains, especially in the right side of the chest. 
Violent palpitation of the heart. Dry cough, worse 
about 3 a. m. 

Merc. Soreness and burning in the chest. Stitch- 
ing pain in the right side of the chest, through from 
the shoulder-blade. Cough, aggravated at night and 
when lying on the left side. Moist tongue, with great 
thirst. * Much perspiration which does not relieve. 

* Symptoms all worse at night. 

Phos. Short, difficult respiration. Lancinating 
pains, mostly on the left side. Sharp pains when 
pressing upon the intercostal space. Sense of tight- 
ness across the chest, with a dry shaking cough. * Sen- 
sation of weakness and emptiness in the abdomen. 
Sharp cutting pains in the bowels, sometimes with 
vomiting. * Long, narrow, hard stools, very difficult 
to expel. 

Rhus t. If the disease has arisen from metastasis 
of rheumatism, or from exposure to wet, straining, 
lifting, &c. In cases also where the febrile symptoms 



144 PNEUMONIA. 

have subsided, and there yet remain wandering pains 
in the chest, shortness of breath, and general debility. 
* The pains are worse during rest; he has to move 
continually to get a little relief. 

Squill. Dyspnoea, with stitching pains in the left 
side when breathing or coughing. Short rattling 
cough, disturbing sleep. Inability to lie on the left 
side. Twitching of the lips, which are covered with 
thick yellow crusts, more on the left side. Aggrava- 
tion in the morning. 

Sulph. Where the disease is complicated with pneu- 
monia, or does not yield to well chosen remedies. There 
is still some soreness remaining, felt particularly when 
moving. Short dry cough, with stitches in the chest, 
extending through to the left shoulder-blade, worse 
from the least motion. * Frequent weak faint spells, 
and flashes of heat. * Constant heat on top of the 
head. 

Tart. em. Respiration short and difficult. Burn- 
ing, dry hot skin, or cold, and covered with perspira- 
tion. * Sensation as if the inside of the chest were 
lined with velvet. * Loose cough, as if much phlegm 
would be expectorated, but nothing comes up. Ver- 
tigo with drowsiness. Threatened paralysis of the 
lungs. 



PNEUMONIA. 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aeon. High fever, with full, bounding pulse, vio- 
lent thirst, and shortness of breath. * Great fear and 
anxiety of mind, with nervous excitability. So giddy, 
cannot sit up in bed. * Fear of death ; he predicts 
the day he will die. Lancinating pain in the chest, 
with difficulty of breathing. 

Ars. Great anxiety and restlessness, with much 
tossing about. * Rapid prostration of strength, with 
clammy perspiration on the skin. * Urgent thirst, 
drinking little and often. Burning pain and heat in 



PXEUMONIA. 145 

the chest. Coldness of the extremities. Great fear of 
death. Worse at night, particularly after midnight. 
In advanced stages. 

Bell. Congestion towards the brain, with flushed 
face and throbbing of the carotids. Violent delirium, 
with a wild look and desire to escape, strike, bite, or 
quarrel. Oppression and shortness of breath, with 
pain in the iower and middle portion of the chest. 
Expectoration bloody, scant and difficult. Dry, cracked 
tongue and lips, with great thirst. * Starting and 
jumping during sleep, with moaning. * Sleepiness 
but cannot sleep. Aggravation at 3 p. m. 

Bry, Fever moderate. * Cough, with expectora- 
tion of tenacious mucus of a reddish or rusty color. 
Great difficulty of breathing, and acute shooting or 
stitching pains in the side or chest. * The pain is 
aggravated by breathing or the least motion. * Wants 
to lie perfectly quiet. Cannot sit up on account of 
nausea and faintness. * Constipation of hard, dry 
stools, as if burnt. Exceedingly irritable, everything 
makes him angry. Delirious talking, with desire to 
escape. 

Carb. v. In advanced stages, when there is great 
prostration of the vital forces. * Sensation of 
great weakness and fatigue in the chest. Cough by 
spells, w 7 ith brownish expectoration. Great paleness 
of the face and coldness of the extremities. Pulse 
extremely weak. * Craves cold air, and wants to be* 
fanned all the time. Great foulness of all the secre- 
tions. 

Lye. Predisposed to tuberculous disease. Cir- 
cumscribed redness of the cheeks. Copious expectora- 
tion mixed with pus. * Fan-like motion of the aloe 
nasi. Great fear of being left alone. * Red, sand-like 
sediment in the urine. Aggravation from 4 to 8 p. m. 

Merc. Bilious pneumonia. Oppressed breathing, 
with stitches in the right chest through from the 
shoulder-blade. Cough at first dry, afterwards at- 
tended with bloody expectoration. * Great tenderness 
over region of the stomach and liver. * Profuse sweat, 
affording no relief. Green, slimy stools, with tenesmus. 

Nitrum. Great dyspnoea, must lie with the head 
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146 PNEUMONIA. 

high. Cough, with cutting, stitching pains in the 
chest, and bloody expectoration. Stitches in the chest 
when taking a full breath. * Feeling of great heavi- 
ness in the chest, as if a load were pressing the thorax 
together. 

Phos. In violent cases. The stitching pains are 
excited or aggravated by coughing or breathing. 

* Tightness across the chest, with a dry cough and 
rust-colored sputa. * A large portion of the lung is in- 
volved, and there is great dyspnoea. * Sensation of 
weakness and emptiness in the abdomen. Long, nar- 
row, hard stools, very difficult to expel. Tall, slender 
persons, and others who have a weak conformation of 
the chest. Very sleepy all the time. 

Rhus t. The disease threatens to assume a typhoid 
character. The patient lies in a state of half stupefac- 
tion, at times delirious. * Terrible cough, which 
seems as if it would tear something out of the chest. 
Expectoration, color of brickdust or bloody. * The 
pains are aggravated by rest, hence the patient con- 
tinually moves about to get relief. Very restless at 
night, particularly in the latter part. 

Sang. In advanced stages. Great difficulty of breath- 
ing. Position upon the back with the head well ele- 
vated. Stitching, burning pains in the chest. * Cough, 
with tough, rust-colored expectoration. Circumscribed 
redness of the cheeks, particularly in the afternoon. 

Sulph. In protracted cases, occurring in psoric or 
scrofulous subjects. The disease threatens to terminate 
in phthisis. * Much rattling of phlegm in the chest. 

* Frequent weak, faint spells, and flashes of heat. 
Cough on deep inspiration, with cutting pain in left 
chest. Feels suffocated, wants the doors and windows 
open. * Constant heat on top of the head. 

Tart. em. Short, difficult, and oppressed breath- 
ing. * Loose cough, as if much phlegm would be ex- 
pectorated, but nothing comes up. Great dyspnoea 
and fits of suffocation. * Impending paralysis of the 
lungs. * The inside of the chest feels as if lined with 
velvet. Bilious pneumonia. Nausea and straining to 
vomit. 

Verat. v. In the beginning, when congestion and 



POISONING. 147 

inflammation have fairly set in. High fever, with 
strong, quick pulse. Nausea and vomiting of a glairy 
mucus. * Sinking, faint feeling in the pit of the 
stomach. Constant burning distress in the cardiac 
region. Regularly intermitting pulse. 



POISONING. 



When poison has been taken into the stomach, the 
main object should be: 

1st. To expel it as quickly as possible by inducing 
the patient to vomit. 

2d. To neutralize its effects by appropriate antidotes. 

To excite vomiting, administer copious draughts of 
tepid water, and tickle the fauces with a feather or 
something similar. Placing a little salt, snuff, or mus- 
tard upon the tongue is very efficient. If these fail, 
give injections of tobacco-smoke. When emetics are 
used, sulphate of zinc is the most efficient. Twenty-four 
grains may be given in a little water, and repeated if 
necessary. 

Poisoning by Acids. Give: 1, warm soap-suds; 
2, mngnesia in water; 3, powdered chalk, mixed in 
warm water; 4, wood-ashes, soda, potash, gruel, lin- 
seed-tea, or rice-water. 

Poisoning by Alkalies. No vomiting. Give : 
1, dilute vinegar; 2, lemonade; 3, sour milk; 4, mu- 
cilaginous drinks ; 5, sweet oil. 

Poisoning by Antimony. Give a strong decoc- 
tion of gall-nuts, oak-bark, strong black tea, strong 
coffee, and mucilaginous drinks. 

Poisoning by Arsenic. Induce vomiting by tepid 
water, tickling the throat, placing snuff, salt, or mus- 
tard upon the tongue, or use the stomach-pump. The 
proper antidote is peroxide of iron, a spoonful to an 
adult. If this is not at hand, give iron-rust stirred in 
sugar-water; flaxseed tea, flour and water, white of 
eggs and water, soap-suds, or calcined magnesia in 
water. After the alarming symptoms have passed, 



148 POISOKLNG. 

give Ipecac. If the patient is very uneasy at night and 
irritable, give China. If he is worse in the morning, 
has slimy diarrhoea, or constipation, give Nux v. If 
nausea and vomiting, with heat or chilliness over the 
whole body and great debility, give Verat. alb. 

Poisoning by Cantharides. Give white of eggs 
and slimy substances, as gruel, linseed-tea, &c. After- 
wards smell Camph., or take it internally. 

Poisoning by Copper. Excite vomiting. Give 
white of eggs, sugar-water, milk, and mucilaginous 
drinks. 

Poisoning by Corrosive Sublimate. Excite 
vomiting immediately. Give white of eggs, beaten up 
in water, in large quantities. Next in importance is 
sugar-ivater, starch boiled in water, flour-paste, and 
milk in large quantities. 

Poisoning by Iodine. Excite vomiting by a weak 
solution of soda. Give starch stirred in water, thin 
starch-paste, flour-paste, linseed-tea, &c. 

Poisoning by Gases. Charcoal Gas. — If a person 
has become insensible from inhaling this gas, expose 
him at once to the fresh air, bathe the face and breast 
with vinegar, and give him strong coffee. After he has 
somewhat recovered, dispense with the vinegar, and 
give Opium. If this does not suffice, give Bell, or 
Nux v. Dr. Hall's method of inducing artificial respi- 
ration, as explained on page 16, should be resorted to, 
if necessary. 

Poisoning by Lead. For poisoning by sugar of 
lead and other preparations, excite vomiting. Give : 
1, Epsom Salts; 2, Glauber Salts; 3, white of eggs; 
4, soap-suds ; 5, milk. 

Poisoning by Nitrate of Silver. Give: 1, Com- 
mon salt dissolved in water, in large quantities ; 2, mu- 
cilaginous drinks. 

Poisoning by Opium. Excite vomiting, or use 
the stomach-pump. The best antidote is strong coffee ; 
until that can be had, give vinegar and water. Keep 
the patient roused by beating him on the back and 
dragging him about the room. Artificial respiration 
should be induced, as explained under " Apparent 
Death from Drowning," page 16. 



PUEKPERAL CONVULSION. 149 

Poisoning by Phosphorus. Excite vomiting. 
Give: 1, Magnesia stirred in water; 2, mucilaginous 
drinks in large quantities. Chlorine water and mag- 
nesia, eight parts of the former to one of the latter, a 
spoonful taken every five or ten minutes. 

Poisoning by Prussic Acid. Give Spirits of 
Hartshorn to smell, and a weak solution internally. 
Pour cold water down the spine from a height, give 
strong coffee to drink, and use the same as an injec- 
tion. 

Poisoning by Stramonium. Give: 1, Coffee ; 
2. vinegar ; 3, lemonade in large quantities. 

Poisoning by Strychnine. Evacuate the stom- 
ach as quickly as possible by tepid water and tickling 
the throat ; give an emetic of sulphate of zinc, or use 
the stomach-pump. The antidotes recommended are, 
Iodine (80 drops in water), Camphor (5 grains dis- 
solved in mucilage). These, it is said, stop the tetanic 
spasms, and give time for the action of the stomach- 
pump, or emetic. 



PTJEEPERAL CONVULSIONS. 

Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aeon. In the incipiency, when an attack is appre- 
hended. Flushed face, dry, hot skin, thirst, and great 
restlessness. * Great fear and anxiety of mind, thinks 
she will die, although there is no occasion of alarm. 
*She dreads too much activity about her. Vertigo on 
rising up in bed. 

Argen. n. The patient has a presentiment of the 
approaching spasm. Tremor of the limbs, and faintish, 
weak feeling. * Sensation as if the body, and espe- 
cially the face and head, expanded. She feels as if the 
bones of the skull separated witli increase of tempera- 
ture. * Continually in motion between the spasms. 

Bell. Red, bloated face, with distorted eyes and 
dilated pupils. * She seems to be in a half-conscious 
State, with disposition to strike, bite, or injure those 
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150 PUERPERAL CONVULSIONS. 

about her. Convulsive jerking of the limbs and mus- 
cles of the face. Foam at the mouth, and involuntary 
escape of faeces and urine. With every pain a spasm 
comes on, and during the interval more or less tossing 
about. * Sensation as if she were falling down through 
the bed. Paralysis of the right side of the tongue; 
difficult deglutition. 

Cham. Great irritability of temper, she can hardly 
give one a civil answer. * Red, bloated face, or one 
cheek red and the other pale. Becomes furious about 
the pains, which are spasmodic and distressing. 

* Twitching of the muscles of the face and eyelids. 
Great impatience, restlessness, and nervous excitability. 
Starting during sleep, with dry, hot skin. 

Cicu. Violent contortions of the upper part of the 
body and limbs. Convulsive tossing of the extremities 
from one side to another. * Bluish face with inter- 
rupted breathing and foam at the mouth. * After the 
convulsion she lies motionless, with rigidity of the 
jaws, and as if dead. 

Cup. The spasm sets in with sudden convulsive 
jerking of the limbs. The arms are drawn in towards 
the body, and the fingers tightly clenched. Eyes spas- 
modically closed, and the mouth distorted. * Rigidity 
of the trunk and lower extremities, with closed jaws. 

* Vomiting and retching, with horrible colic and 
cramps in the legs. 

Hyos. The spasms commence with twitching of 
the muscles of the face, and spasmodic motions of the 
eyelids. * Twitching and jerking of all the muscles 
in the body. * Clenching of the thumbs in the palms 
of the hands. Complete loss of consciousness, throw- 
ing off the bed-clothing, and endeavoring to escape. 
Oppression of the chest, with stertorous breathing. In- 
voluntary discharge of faeces and urine. 

Ign. * Sudden starting from sleep, with screams, 
and trembling of the whole body. Twitching of the 
muscles of the face and corners of the mouth. Con- 
vulsive movements of single muscles, or only portions 
of the body at a time. * Deep sighing and sobbing, 
with a strange compressed feeling in the brain. 

Opi. Particularly if caused by fright. Convulsive 



RHEUMATISM. 151 

trembling of the whole body, with distortion of the 
muscles. * The spasm is followed by sopor and ster- 
torous respiration. * Stupefaction of the senses, and 
complete loss of consciousness. Bluish, bloated face, 
with swollen lips. Pupils dilated and insensible to 
light. Incoherent and wandering talk. Hot perspira- 
tion about the head and face. 

Stram. * The patient awakens with a shrinking 
look, as if afraid of the first object seen. The spasm 
mostly commences with convulsive motions of the ex- 
tremities, especially the upper. Spasmodic drawing 
in the head and eyes, with grinding of the teeth. 
* Loquacious delirium, with stammering speech. She 
makes ridiculous gestures and strange faces; laughs, 
sings, and sighs. * The light of brilliant objects, and 
contact, renew the spasms. 



RHEUMATISM. 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aeon. Synochal fever, with dry hot skin and 
great thirst. Bed shining swelling of the affected 
part, very sensitive to contact and motion. Stitching pains 
in the chest, hindering free respiration. * Great fear 
and anxiety of mind, with great nervous excitability. 
Betention of urine, and stitches in the kidneys. 

Arum. phos. Especially where the joints of the 
fingers and hands are involved. Loss of appetite, with 
emaciation. Sleeplessness and nervous irritability. 
Mostly the right side of the body. Evening fever. 

Am. Hard, red, and shining swelling of the affected 
parts. * Pains as if sprained or bruised, with a feel- 
ing of lameness in the affected limb * Sensation as 
if the diseased part were resting upon something hard. 
* Great fear of being struck by persons coming near 
him. 

Ars. Burning, stinging, tearing pain, with pale 
swelling of the parts. * Pain relieved by the applica- 
tion of warmth, and aggravated by cold. Profuse 



152 KHEUMATISM. 

sweat, which relieves the pain, but leaves the patient 
very weak. Frequent chills, alternating with heat- 
Constantly moving the affected limbs. * Extreme 
thirst, drinking little and often. 

Bell. Red shining swelling of the joints, with 
pressing, cutting, tearing pain, deep in the bones. 
* Frequent darting pains from the joint along the 
limb. * Pains which come on suddenly, and leave as 
suddenly. Fever, with dry hot skin, thirst, and throb- 
bing headache. Visible pulsations of the carotids. 
Drowsy, sleepy condition, with starting and jumping 
during sleep. Aggravation at 3 p. m., and from the 
least motion or touch. 

Bry. Stiffness, with swelling and a faintish redness 
of the inflamed part. * Stitching, tearing pains, worse 
from the slightest motion. *The patient wants to re- 
main perfectly still. Dry hot skin, or else perspira- 
tion of an acrid character. Bitter taste, dry mouth 
and lips, with great thirst for large quantities of 
water. * Hard, dry stools, as if burnt. Exceedingly 
irritable. Metastasis to the heart. 

Cactus. The disease is principally confined to the 
heart and diaphragm. * Feeling as if an iron band 
was around the heart, preventing its normal action. 
Palpitation of the heart, worse when lying on the left 
side. 

Caulophyl. * Rheumatism of the wrists and finger- 
joints, with much swelling. When the disease shifts 
from the extremities to the back and nape of the neck, 
with rigidity of the muscles. Oppression of the chest, 
and high fever. 

Caust. Stiffness and swelling of the joints, with 
tearing pains. * Great weakness and lameness of the 
lower limbs, and trembling of the hands. Pains worse 
towards evening, and from exposure to cold ; better 
from the external application of heat. Scrofulous per- 
sons, with yellow complexion. 

Cham. Drawing or tearing pains, with a sensa- 
tion of numbness or lameness in the affected parts. 
The pains are continuous, and get worse at night, 
with much tossing about. * Becomes almost furious 
about the pains, can hardly endure them. * Great irri- 



RHEUMATISM. 153 

lability, can hardly answer a civil question. Hot per- 
spiration, especially about the head. * Redness of one 
cheek, and paleness of the other. 

Chelidonium. * Rheumatic swelling, with a stone- 
like hardness of the affected parts. Constant pain under 
the lower inner angle of the right shoulder-blade. 

* Stools like sheep's-dung. 

China. Violent, tearing, sticking, drawing pains, 
increased by pressure or motion. Bruised pains in the 
small of the back, with occasional painful jerks in the 
region of the os sacrum. Debilitating morning and night 
sweats. * Weakly persons, who have lost much blood. 

Cimicifu. Articular rheumatism of the lower ex- 
tremities, with much swelling and heat of the affected 
parts. Pain worse from motion, extorting screams. 
Delicate hysterical females who suffer from uterine 
diseases. 

Colch. Moderate swelling, with pale redness of the 
affected parts. Pains burning, tearing, or jerking, 
and frequently shifting about. * Chilliness even near 
the hot stove, intermingled with flashes of heat. Me- 
tastasis to the heart, with stitches and tearing in the 
chest and region of the heart, during an inspiration. 
Strong and fluttering beating of the heart. Profuse 
sour-smelling siceats. * Urine dark and scanty, depos- 
iting a whitish sediment. 

Dulc. If caused by cold or dampness. The parts 
feel as if bruised or beaten. The pains are mostly in 
the back, joints of the arms, and legs. When the 
disease sets in after acute cutaneous eruptions. * Ag- 
gravation after every cold change in the weather. 

Ferr. Little or no swelling, but a constant drawing, 
tearing pain, especially in the deltoid muscle. Pain 
worse in bed; has to get up and walk slowly about. 

* Least emotion or exertion produces a red flushed 
face. Palpitation of the heart, and dyspnoea. 

Hama, Pains unbearable, with great sensitiveness 
to touch, and fear of exciting new pain on moving. 

* Great soreness of the affected parts. Articular 
rheumatism, with swollen and painful joints. 

Kreos. Pain in the joints, especially in the hip and 
knee-joints, with a feeling of numbness or loss of sen- 



154 RHEUMATISM. 

sation, as though the whole limb were going to sleep. 

* Wretched livid complexion. 

Lach. Swelling of the index-finger and wrist-joint. 
Stinging, tearing pains in the knees, with a sense of 
swelling. Left side generally most affected. No relief 
from profuse sweating. * Patient worse after sleeping. 

Ledum. Rheumatic pains in the lower extremities, 
especially in the hip and knee-joints, and when it com- 
mences from below and goes upwards. * Great want 
of vital heat. Pains grow worse in the evening in 
bed, and last till midnight. 

Lye. Drawing and tearing pains, worse at night 
and during rest. Painful rigidity of the muscles and 
joints, with sensation of numbness in the affected part. 
The disease is mostly on the right side, with or with- 
out swelling. Chronic forms, especially of old people. 

* Urine dark and turbid, or with sediment of red sand. 

* Constant sensation of satiety, feels so full can eat 
nothing. Constipation, much sour belching. 

Merc. Shooting, tearing, or burning pains, worse 
at night, from the warmth of the bed or exposure to 
damp or cold air. Puffy swelling of the affected parts, 
of a pale or slight pinkish color. Green, slimy diar- 
rhoea, with griping and tenesmus. * Much perspira- 
tion, affording no relief. 

Nux v. Rheumatism, especially of the back, loins, 
chest, or joints, with pale, tensive swelling. Tensive, 
jerking, or pulling pains aggravated by contact or 
motion. Numbness or lameness of the affected parts, 
with twitching in the muscles. Aversion to the open 
air, and great sensitiveness to cold. Heat mixed with 
chilliness, especially when moving. * Perspiration 
relieves the pain. Dyspeptic symptoms. * Habitual 
constipation. Persons of intemperate habits. Irrita- 
ble mood. 

Phos. Tearing, drawing, and tensive pains setting 
in when taking the least cold. Sense of lameness and 
weakness in the lower limbs. * Sensation of weakness 
and emptiness in the abdomen. Belching up large 
quantities of wind after eating. * Long, narrow, hard 
stools, very difficult to expel. 

Puis. Not much swelling or redness of the affected 



RHEUMATISM. 155 

parts. Pains drawing, tearing, and jerking, worse at 
night or in the evening in bed. * Pains which shift 
rapidly from one part to another. Sensation of weight 
in the disordered structure. * Chilliness even in a 
warm room. * Craves cold, fresh air ; feels worse in 
a warm temperature. * Persons of a mild, tearful 
disposition. * Bad taste in the mouth in the morn- 
ing. 

Rhod. Drawing, tearing pains in the joints and 
limbs. Pains worse during rest, and in rough stormy 
weather. Swelling and redness of single joints. Rheu- 
matism of the knee. 

Rhus t. Swelling and redness of the affected part. 
Pains drawing, tearing, burning, or as if sprained, 
with sensation of lameness and creeping in the parts. 

* Pains worse during rest and when first commencing 
to move. * Better from continued motion and exter- 
nal warm applications. 

Spig. Rheumatic pericarditis. Dull stitches in the 
region where the beats of the heart are felt. Violent, 
palpitation of the heart, with great anxiety. Dys- 
pnoea, he can lie only on the right side, with the trunk 
raised. * The least motion produces great suffocation. 

Sulph. Chronic form, and for the secondary ef- 
fects of acute rheumatism. Tearing, stitching, or 
dull aching pains. * Constant heat in top of the 
head. * Frequent weak, faint spells. 

Thuya. Tearing and beating pains, as if from 
subcutaneous ulceration. Feeling of coldness and 
numbness in the affected parts. Rheumatism in syphi- 
litic subjects. Symptoms worse in a warm tempera- 
ture. 

Verat. a. Pains as if bruised, worse from the heat 
of the bed; better from rising and walking about. 

* Electric jerks in the affected limbs. Painful heavi- 
ness in the knees and lower legs. 

Verat. v. Rheumatism, especially of the left 
shoulder, hip, and knee. Advised in endocarditis 
and pericarditis. 



156 SCARLATINA. 



SCARLATINA. 

Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aeon. Mostly in the commencement, before the 
eruption makes its appearance. Dry hot skin, with 
full frequent pulse, agonked tossing about, violent 
thirst, and hurried breathing. * Great fear and anx- 
iety of mind, with great nervous excitability. Pain 
in the stomach, with nausea and vomiting. 

Aram c. Hard swelling of the parotid and lym- 
phatic glands of the neck. The rash continues out 
longer than the usual period. * There is a tendency 
to gangrenous ulceration. Nose obstructed. 

Apis m. Fever of a typhoid character. Tongue 
of a deep-red color, and covered with blisters. * Nose 
discharges a thick, white, fetid, or bloody mucus. Ton- 
sils swollen and hard, with difficult deglutition. Ulcer- 
ated throat. Abdomen sore to the touch. Dropsical 
symptoms during desquamation. Child lies in a stupor. 

Ars. When the eruption delays or grows suddenly 
pale, with rapid prostration. Putrid sore-throat. * Great 
anguish, extreme restlessness, and fear of death. * In- 
tense thirst, drinking little and often. Internal heat, 
with external coldness. Fetid diarrhoea. 

Arum tri. Corners of the mouth and lips sore and 
cracked. Redness of the tongue, with elevated papillae. 
Throat extremely sore and putrid. Submaxillary 
glands swollen. *Nose stopped up, or discharging a 
burning ichorous fluid, excoriating the nostrils and 
upper lip. Eruption all over the body, with much 
itching and restlessness. * Scarlatina maligna. 

Baryta c. Parotid and submaxillary glands swollen, 
with much saliva, or else dryness of the throat. Ton- 
sils swollen, and of a pale-red color, with pressing, 
stinging pain on swallowing. Breath putrid. * Scrofu- 
lous children that grow but little. 

Bell. * The eruption is perfectly smooth and of a 
scarlet color. Skin so hot that it imparts a burning 
sensation to the hand. Tongue white, with red edges 
and prominent papillae. Fauces inflamed and of a 



SCARLATINA. 157 

deep red color. Throat swollen outside, and tender to 
touch. * Congestion to the brain, with delirium, and 
throbbing of the carotids. * Starting and jumping 
while sleeping. Springs suddenly up in bed, and at- 
tempts to escape. 

Bry. The eruption does not come out fully, or sud- 
denly disappears. Congestion to the chest with diffi- 
cult, anxious respiration. Sensation of weight upon 
the chest, with troublesome cough. Headache as if 
it would split open, worse by motion. Lips parched, 
dry, and cracked. * Patient wants to lie perfectly still. 

Calc. C. In protracted cases, where the glands of 
the neck are swollen and hard. Throat greatly in- 
flamed, with aphthae on the tonsils and roof of the 
mouth. Does not convalesce after the regular reces- 
sion of the eruption. Face pale and bloated, showing 
no signs of rash. * Scrofulous persons, and children 
with large open fontanels. 

Camph. In desperate cases. Extremities cold and 
purple. Rattling in the throat, and hot breath. Hot 
perspiration on the forehead ; the child refuses to be 
covered. Sudden retrocession of the eruption. 

Carb. v. Usually in the last stage. * Putrid sore 
throat, with sloughing of the fauces. Rattling in the 
throat. Great prostration of strength, with cold breath, 
and coldness of the extremities. Craves cold air. 

Cup. acet. * When metastasis to the brain is appre- 
hended, or the eruption suddenly disappears, followed 
by convulsions, vomiting, and gagging. Rolling of the 
eyes, distortions of the face and all the flexor muscles. 
Great restlessness and tossing about. Sopor and de- 
lirium. 

Ipec. Slight fever through the day, increased in 
the evening. * Constant nausea and vomiting of green, 
bilious, or slimy matter. Great uneasiness in the 
stomach and epigastrium. Violent itching of the skin. 
Sleeplessness, with sadness and despondency. 

Kali c. Swelling of the right parotid gland. Great 
dryness, stinging, and itching of the skin. Stinging 
pain in the throat when swallowing. *Pufl&ness under 
the eyebrows like little bags. Always worse about 
three o'clock in the morning. 
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158 SCARLATINA. 

Lach. Scarlatina maligna, with external swelling 
of the neck and glands. Diphtheric inflammation of 
the throat, with great difficulty in swallowing. * Ex- 
ternal throat very painful to touch. Ulcers on the 
tongue. * Aggravation after sleeping. 

Lye. Inflammation of the throat of a brownish-red 
color, with stitches on swallowing. * Ulceration of 
the tonsils, beginning on the right and spreading to 
the left. Obstruction of the nose. Rattling in the 
throat, and hawking up of bloody mucus. Dryness of 
the mouth and tongue, without thirst. *Red sediment 
like sand in the urine. 

Merc. Ulcers from the mouth, throat, and upon 
the tonsils, covered with ash-colored sloughs. Deglu- 
tition very difficult, attended with a stinging pain. 
Fluids escape through the mouth and nose when he 
attempts to swallow. Very fetid breath. * Profuse 
secretion of saliva, often offensive. Acrid discharge 
from the nose. 

Mur. ac. Malignant cases, where the tonsils and 
throat are swollen, inflamed, and covered with dark- 
colored ulcers. Great tendency for the sloughs to ex- 
tend and run together. Dark-redness of the face, and 
purplish color of the skin. Discharge of thki, acrid 
pus from the nose, excoriating the parts around. 
* Sliding down in the bed. 

Nitr. ac. Putrid sore throat extending up into the 
nose. Profuse discharge of thin, purulent matter from 
the nostrils. Putrid-smelling breath; mouth full of fetid 
ulcers. Swelling of the parotid and submaxillary 
glands. Ulceration of the corners of the mouth and 
lips. After the abuse of mercury. 

Opi. * Extreme drowsiness, stertorous breathing 
and vomiting. Delirious talking, with eyes wide open, 
face red and puffed up. * Impending paralysis of the 
brain. 

Rhus t. The rash is dark-colored and itches vio- 
lently. Tongue red and smooth, with drowsiness and 
delirium. Much fever and restlessness, particularly 
after midnight. Swelling of the glands in the throat, 
and an ichorous or yellow, thick discharge from the 
nose. * Constantly changing position to obtain relief. 



SMALL-POX. 159 

Zinc. * Threatening paralysis of the brain. The 
child lies in a state of unconsciousness. Jerking of the 
whole body, or twitching of single limbs. Grating of 
the teeth, and shrill, frightful screams during sleep. 
Small, frequent pulse, and fixed, stupid expression of 
the eyes. Icy coldness of the skin from sunken vitality. 

For the troublesome sequelae, which often follow 
scarlet fever, the following remedies will be found 
especially appropriate : Apis m., Ars., Aurum m., 
Baryta c, Bell., Dig., Hell., Kali c, Lye, Phos., 
Puis., Rhus t., Sulph., and Verat. a. 

As a disinfectant in this and other diseases of like 
character, Chlorate of Potassa is of great value. Dis- 
solve half an ounce of the salt in three pints of water; 
saturate clothes in the solution and hang them about 
the room. Carbolic acid is likewise a deodorizer of 
much value, and extensively used at the present time. 



SMALL-POX, 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aeon. At the commencement, during the febrile 
stage, especially if there be congestion to the head or 
lungs. Headache, bleeding at the nose, and injected 
eyes. Fulness in the chest, with increased action of 
the heart. Pain in the back, and aching in the limbs. 

Apis m. If there is an erysipelatous redness and 
swelling, with stinging burning pains. * Stinging and 
burning pains in the throat. * Sensation in the abdo- 
men as if something tight would break. 

Ars. The eruption is very dark, and the skin turns 
blue or livid. Great sinking of strength, small fre- 
quent pulse, and restlessness. * Extreme thirst, drink- 
ing little and often. ** Great anguish and fear of 
death. 

Bell. Congestion to the head, with throbbing or 
stitching pain in the forehead. High fever and sore 
throat. * Starting and jumping during sleep. Rest- 



160 SMALL-POX. 

less tossing about, cannot get to sleep. * Pain in the 
back as if it would break. 

Camph. Sudden desiccation of the pustules and 
disappearance of the swelling of the face. * Extreme 
prostration and sinking of the vital forces. * Great 
coldness of the skin, but cannot bear to be covered. 

Hydras. Great redness, swelling, and itching of 
the skin, with very sore throat. It is said to prevent 
pitting to a great extent. 

Merc. During the suppurative stage. Ulcerated 
throat, with profuse flow of saliva. Diarrhoea, with green 
or bloody mucous stools, with tenesmus. * Perspira- 
tion without relief. 

Opi. If the brain becomes oppressed, and there is 
great drowsiness, with stertorous breathing. * Com- 
plete loss of consciousness. Dilated pupils. 

Rhus t. The disease has assumed a typhoid charac- 
ter. Tongue dry and cracked, corners of the mouth 
sore and ulcerated. Sordes on the lips and teeth, 
mind wandering. Great debility and restlessness. 
* Worse after midnight. 

Sulph. In the early stage, and about the period 
of desiccation ; also as an intercurrent remedy when 
others seem to fail. 

Tart. em. This remedy has been found to greatly 
ameliorate the disease. It reduces the fever, and the 
pustules run their course, leaving scarcely a mark be- 
hind. Especially suited where there is much irrita- 
tion of the respiratory organs. 

Vaccinin and Variolin have been highly extolled 
as remedies in this disease. It is said, by those who 
have used them extensively, that all stages of the mal- 
ady are shortened, and the disease rendered mild and 
harmless. * They promote suppuration and exsicca- 
tion, and prevent all scars. 



SPASMS. 161 



SPASMS. 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aeon. High fever, with dry, hot skin, anxiety, and 
restlessness. During dentition. If caused from the 
irritation of nsearides. Grinding of the teeth and 
convulsive hiccough. 

Arn. Where the spasms arise in consequence of 
some mechanical injury, from concussion of the brain, 
a fall or blow. 

Ars. Spasms preceded by great restlessness, and 
burning heat over the whole body. * Extreme thirst, 
drinking little and often. Patient lies motionless as 
if dead; finally, the mouth is drawn first to one side 
and then to the other; a violent jerk appears to pass 
through the whole body, and consciousness gradually 
returns. 

Bell. Heat of the head, with flushed face, red eyes, 
and dilated pupils. * Starting and jumping during 
sleep. Drowsiness with inability to sleep. Convulsive 
motion of the mouth, facial muscles, and eyes. Foam 
at the mouth, and grating of the teeth. * Drowsiness 
after the spasm. Precocious children. 

Caust. Convulsive motions of the extremities, 
grinding of the teeth, laughing or weeping. Feverish 
heat of the body, with coldness of the hands and feet. 
Cold water brings on the spasms again. 

Cham. Stretching of the limbs, with convulsions 
of the extremities, eyes, eyelids, and tongue. Jerking 
and twitching during sleep. * Redness of the face, or 
one cheek red and the other pale. * The child is very 
cross and fretful, must be carried all the time to be 
quieted. Hot sweat on the forehead and hairy scalp. 
Constant moaning and craving for drink. 

Cicu. Spasmodic rigidity of the body, with the 
head bent either backward or forward. * Without 
any premonitory signs the child becomes suddenly 
Stiff, with fixed eyes. After the spasm there is much 
prostration. If the convulsions are caused by worms. 

Cina. Spasms of the chest, followed by rigidity 
of the limbs or the whole body. Especially suited to 
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162 SPASMS. 

children troubled with worms. * Constantly picking 
and boring at the nose. Frequent swallowing, as if 
something were in the throat. Dry hacking cough. 
Urine turns milky after standing. 

Cupr. Shrill cries during the attack. Drowsy and 
stupid during the intervals, with nausea and vomiting 
of phlegm. * After the convulsion, the child screams, 
turns and twists in all directions. If caused from 
retrocession of scarlatina eruption. 

Gels. Spasms during dentition, with sudden loud 
outcries. Nervous, excitable persons who are very 
sensitive. 

Hyos. Convulsions with twitching and jerking of 
all the muscles, especially those about the face and 
eyes. * Convulsive trembling and foam at the mouth. 
After sudden fright. * Cough, worse when lying 
down, relieved by sitting up. 

Ign. Sudden starting from a light sleep, with loud 
screaming and trembling all over. * Single parts 
seem to be convulsed, or single muscles here and there. 
* The spasms return every day or every other day 
about the same hour. 

Ipec. * Much nausea and vomiting accompanies the 
spasms. Especially if caused by eating indigestible 
food, or when during an exanthematic fever the erup- 
tion suddenly strikes in. Green diarrhoeic stools. 

Opi. Trembling over the whole body, and tossing 
about of the limbs. * Loud screaming before or during 
the spasm. The child lies unconscious as if stunned, 
with heavy difficult breathing. * Convulsions caused 
from fright. 

Secale. Twitching of single muscles. Twisting of 
the head to and fro. Contortions of the hands and feet. 
Labored and anxious respiration. * Thin, scrawny 
children, with shrivelled skin. 

Sili. * Spasms which return at the change of the 
moon. Much perspiration about the head. * Consti- 
pation, the stool recedes after having been partkilly 
expelled. 

Stram. Convulsions from fright, with tossing of 
the limbs, and involuntary evacuations of faeces and 
urine. * Awakens with a shrinking look, &d if afraid 






SUNSTROKE. 163 

of the first object seen. If caused by suppressed erup- 
tions, or the eruption does not come out sufficiently. 

Sulph. After suppressed eruptions. * Comes out 
of the spasm very happy, and at the termination of 
the paroxysm passes much colorless urine. * Morn- 
ing diarrhoea. Spasms during the eruptive stage of 
scarlatina, 

Zinc. * The child cries out during sleep, and seems 
frightened when getting awake, rolls its head from 
side to side. Twitching and jerking of different mus- 
cles, more on the right side than on the left. Cross 
and irritable. Frequent passages of urine. 



SUNSTROKE. 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aeon. If the head has been exposed to the direct 
rays of the sun. Violent thirst, red face, shortness of 
breath, and great nervous excitability. 

Bell. Severe headache and fulness, as if the head 
would split, worse when stooping. Feeling in the 
forehead as if the brain would be pressed out. * Ver- 
tigo when stooping or rising from a sitting posture. 

Bry. Headache as if it would split open, aggra- 
vated by the least motion. Very peevish in the morn- 
ing, is more passionate and cross than plaintive. 
* Cannot sit up from nausea and faintness. * Dry, 
hard stools as if burnt. Head feels too full. 

Carb. v. Headache, heaviness, throbbing, and 
pressure over the eyes. Pains in the eyes, aggravated 
by looking fixedly at any object. 

Glonoine. This remedy has been used with great 
benefit in sunstroke. It is indicated by: Intense con- 
gestion of blood to the head. Feeling as if the temples 
and top of the head would burst open. * Violent, 
throbbing headache, with increased action of the heart. 
Fulness and pressure in forepart and top of the head, 
with confusion of the senses. * Sensation of balanc- 
ing, requiring a constant effort to keep the head erect. 



164 TONSILLITIS. 

Undulating sensation, increased by every turn of the 
head. Sick, faint, death-like sinking at the epigas- 



trium, with nausea. 



TONSILLITIS. 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aeon. Tonsils swollen, inflamed, and of a dark- 
red color, accompanied by a high grade of fever. Pain 
and great difficulty in swallowing or in speaking. Burn- 
ing, pricking, or contracting sensation in the throat. 

* Great restlessness and nervous excitability. 
Amm. m. Swelling and inflammation of both ton- 
sils. The patient can neither swallow, talk, nor open 
his mouth. When cold is the exciting cause. * Ten- 
dency to gangrenous ulceration. 

Apis m. Red and highly inflamed tonsils, with 
dryness in the mouth and throat. * Burning, stinging 
pain in the throat when swallowing. Can bear nothing 
to touch his neck. Aggravation from heat, better from 
cold. 

Baryta c. Raw, scraping, or shooting pain when 
swallowing. Sensation as if a plug were in the throat. 

* The tonsils incline to suppurate. * Chronic indura- 
tion of the tonsils. 

Bell. Tonsils swollen, inflamed, and of a dark-red 
color ; the swelling perceptible on the outside. Burn- 
ing and shooting pains in the throat when swallow- 
ing. *The throat feels as if a plug were in it. 

* Drinking produces spasms in the throat, the fluids 
returning through the nose. Constant inclination to 
swallow or hawk up something. Especially if on the 
right side. 

Hepar s. Where there is a frequent recurrence 
of the disease. Sticking pain, as from a fish-bone in 
the throat, when swallowing. * Inclination to suppu- 
rate. Persons of a scrofulous habit. After the abuse 
of mercury. 

Lach. Tonsillitis, especially on the left side. Whe 



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TOOTHACHE. 165 

swallowing, the pain extends to the ear. Fluids escape 
through the nose when being swallowed. Sensation of 
a plug or lump in the throat. Ulcers on the throat. 

* Cannot bear anything to touch the neck, not even 
the bed-clothes. * Worse in the afternoon, and after 
sleep. 

Merc. Tonsils swollen, inflamed, and dark-red, or 
become ulcerated. Offensive odor from the mouth. 
Aphthge. or thick yellow coating on the tongue. Vio- 
lent pricking pains when swallowing, extending to the 
ears or glands of the throat. Gums and back part of 
the tongue swollen. * Profuse discharge of saliva. 

* Much perspiration, which does not relieve. Aggra- 
vation during the night. 

Nux v. If derangement of the stomach be the 
predisposing cause. Sensation as if a plug or lump 
were in the throat when swallowing. The throat feels 
raw aiid excoriated,, or as if scraped and rough. * Pa- 
tient very irritable, and wishes to be alone. Dyspep- 
tics and persons who have been drugged with mix- 
tures. Symptoms worse in the morning. 

Sili. When the appearance of the throat indicates 
the formation of an abscess, attended with stitches and 
throbbing pain. Mostly on the left side. Scrofulous 
persons. 

Sulph. Where there is a frequent recurrence of 
the disease. After the abscesses burst, the parts re- 
main sore, and do not heal as they should. Scrofulous 
persons who are troubled with boils ; every little 
scratch of the skin has a tendency to fester. * Lean 
persons who walk stooping. * Frequent weak faint 
spells. 



TOOTHACHE. 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aeon. The patient is almost frantic with the pain, 
which is indescribable. Stitching or throbbing pains, 
with congestion of blood to the head, and great rest- 



166 TOOTHACHE. 

lessness. * Constant fear and anxiety of mind, with 
great nervous excitability. 

Ant. cr. Pains in carious teeth, followed by jerk- 
ing and gnawing, extending up to the head, especially 
in the evening, in bed. Pains worse after eating, or 
from cold water ; better in the open air. The gums 
bleed readily, and recede from the teeth. 

Arn. Toothache after an operation. Pain as if the 
teeth were sprained. Cheek swollen, red, and hard, with 
beating and tingling in the gums. * Sore, bruised 
feeling all through the patient. 

Ars. Elongation and painful looseness of the teeth. 
Drawing, jerking pains in the teeth and gums, extend- 
ing to the ears, cheeks, and temples. The pains are 
so great that they drive the patient to despair. Pros- 
tration ; restlessness; drinking of ten and but little . 

Bell. Drawing, tearing pains in the teeth, face, 
and ears, with swelling of the cheek. Ptyalism, or 
dryness of the throat and mouth, with great thirst. 
* Pains which come on suddenly, and leave just as sud- 
denly. Face flushed, and eyes red. Pains worse after 
lying down at night, or in the cold air. 

Bry. Pains in carious, and still more in sound 
teeth. Sensation of elongation in the teeth, with jerk- 
ing, drawing pains. Worse at night, or from taking 
anything warm in the mouth. Mouth unusually dry, 
with thirst. * Constipation, stools dry and hard, as 
if burnt. Exceedingly irritable. Wants to be per- 
fectly still. 

Calc. c. Beating, stitching, boring pains, or sore- 
ness of the teeth. * The pains are aggravated by a 
draught of air, by drinking anything warm or cold, or 
by the slightest change. 

Carb. v. Receding and bleeding gums, with ulcers. 
The teeth are loose, and sensitive to contact, especially 
after eating. *The pains come on and are made worse 
from eating salt things. 

Cham. After taking cold when in a perspiration. 
The pains are drawing, jerking, or beating and stitch- 
ing. Intolerable pains, especially at night, driving 
one to despair. Hot swelling of the cheeks, and red 
swollen gums. * Becomes almost furious about the 



TOOTHACHE. 167 

pains ; worse in the open air and at night. * Very 
impatient, can scarcely give a civil answer. 

China. The pain conies on periodically, and is 
throbbing, tearing, jerking, or drawing. Aggravation 
from the slightest contact, from a draught of air, or 
from smoking ; relieved by pressing the teeth firmly 
together. * Nursing females, and persons debilitated 
from loss of animal fluids. 

Coff. Insupportable pains, which drive the patient 
almost frantic. * The pain is relieved by ice-cold 
water. * Head feels contracted or too small. * Ex- 
cessive wakefulness. Loss of taste. 

Dulc. Toothache from taking cold in damp or wet 
weather, and if accompanied by diarrhoea. Confusion 
of the head and profuse salivation. The teeth feel 
blunt. * Symptoms always worse by a cold change in 
the weather. 

Hepar. Painful swelling of the cheeks. Jerking 
and drawing pains in the teeth, worse when pressing 
the teeth together, when eating, in a warm room, or 
at night. 

Hyos. Pains which almost drive the patient mad ; 
it is a tearing- or throbbing, extending to the cheeks 
and along the lower jaw. Swelling of the gums, with 
a tearing pain and buzzing in the tooth, which appears 
loose. * Spasmodic twitching of the fingers, hands, 
arms, and facial muscles. Aggravation in the morn- 
ing and from cold air. 

Merc. Tearing pains in several teeth at one time, 
affecting the whole side of the face. Drawing and 
stinging pains, which extend to the ear, or jumping 
pains in the teeth, especially at night. The pains are 
excited by cool damp air, or by eating anything hot 
or cold. * The teeth feel sore, loose, and too long. 

* Perspiration does not relieve. Much saliva in the 
mouth. 

Meze. Carious teeth are principally affected. The 
pains are burning, boring, or drawing stitches. 

* When the pains extend to the bones of the face and 
temples. Worse by contact, motion, or in the evening, 
with chilliness. 

Nux v. Sore pain$ or jerking, drawing, with 



168 TOOTHACHE. 

stitches in the teeth and jaw. Pains extending to the 
head, ears, and malar bones, with painful swelling of 
the submaxillary glands. Aggravation at. night, or 
early in the morning, from mental labor and in a warm 
room ; better in the open air. * He feels cross and 
irritable* * Persons of sedentary habits, and who live 
upon exciting or stimulating food. 

Puis. Suited to persons of a mild, tearful disposi- 
tion. Toothache, with otalgia and hemicrania. Pains 
tearing, drawing, stitching, or jerking, as if the nerves 
were put upon the stretch, and then suddenly let go 
again. * Better from cold things, and worse from 
warm. * Chilliness even in a warm room. Scanty or 
suppressed menses. 

Rhus t. The teeth feel loose and too long. Gums 
swollen ; they burn and itch like an ulcer. Jumping, 
shooting, or drawing pains, as if the teeth were being 
torn out. * Aggravated during rest and in damp 
weather. * Better from the application of external 
heat. 

Sepia. Toothache during pregnancy. The pains 
are beating, stitching, and extend to the ears, and 
along the arm to the fingers, where they terminate in 
a creeping sensation. Swelling of the cheeks and sub- 
maxillary glands, with cough. * Sallow complexion, 
with spots on the face. Profuse leucorrhoea having a 
fetid smell. 

Spig. Tearing, shooting, or burning pains, with 
dark redness of the affected side. Flow of water from 
the eyes and nose. Pains worse from applying cold 
water or going into the open air. * Palpitation of the 
heart, chilliness, restlessness. 

Staph. * Black, carious teeth which incline to 
crumble. Pale, white, ulcerated, swollen and painful gums. 
Aching, tearing, and drawing pains in carious and in 
the roots of sound teeth. Worse early in the morning 
and after drinking anything cold. Cold sweat in the 
face, and cold hands. 

Sulph. Jumping pain in hollow teeth, extending 
to the upper and lower jaw, or to the ears. Looseness, 
elongation or dulness of the teeth. Aggravation or 
renewal of the pains in the evening or at night in bed, 



TYPHOID FEVER. 169 

or from cold water. * Burning heat in top of the head, 
and cold extremities. * Scanty, black menstrual dis- 
charges. 



TYPHOID FEVER. 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aeon. Chill and synockal fever, with full, bound- 
ing pulse, great heat, dry, burning skin and violent 
thirst. * Great fear and anxiety of mind, with much 
nervous excitability. * Headache as if everything 
would press out of the forehead, with vertigo on rising 
up. Mostly in the first stage. 

Apis m. The patient remains in a stupid uncon- 
scious state, with muttering delirium. Inability to 
talk or put out the tongue, which is cracked, ulcerated, 
or covered with vesicles. Dryness of the mouth and 
throat, with difficulty of swallowing. * Great soreness 
in the pit of the stomach and abdomen when touched. 
Constipation, or frequent, foul, bloody mucus and in- 
voluntary stools. White miliary eruption on the chest 
and abdomen. * Great weakness and sliding down in 
bed. 

Arn. Stupid apathetic condition, with the greatest 
indifference. Tongue dry, with a brown streak in the 
middle. Confusion of thought, and when speaking 
forgets the word to use. Loss of consciousness, with 
delirium and great weakness. * Sore and bruised 
feeling all through the patient, which compels him to 
constantly change position. * If conscious, he com- 
plains of the bed being too hard. Involuntary dis- 
charges of faeces and urine. 

Ars. Face pale, shrunken, hollow, and cadaverous, 
or yellowish, bluish, or leaden colored. Cold sweat 
on the forehead. Lips dark, dry, and cracked, with 
sordes on the teeth. Tongue dry, shrivelled, bluish, 
or black, with inability to protrude it. * Intense 
thirst, drinking often but little at a time. Pulse quick, 
weak, or irregular. Coma or low muttering delirium, 

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170 TYPHOID FEVER. 

and trembling of the limbs. * Extreme debility or 
complete prostration. * Great anguish, extreme rest- 
lessness, and fear of death. Darkish or greenish fetid 
stools. Typhoid abdbminalis. 

Baptisia. Face dark-red, with a besotted expres- 
sion. Dull, stupefying headache, with confusion of 
ideas. Head feels as if scattered around, and the 
patient tosses about the bed to get the pieces to- 
gether. Stupid and delirious. Tongue coated brown, 
dry, particularly in the centre. Sordes on the teeth ; 
very offensive breath. Very fetid and exhausting 
diarrhoea. * The sweat, urine, and stools are all ex- 
tremely fetid. 

Bell. Face flushed and bloated, with red, spark- 
ling eyes and dilated pupils. Throbbing headache, 
with violent pulsation of the carotids. * Intolerance 
of noise or light. Delirium, with a wild look ; he wishes 
to strike, bite, or quarrel. * Starting, jumping during 
sleep, with desire to escape. * Sleepiness, but cannot 
sleep. Tongue dry, red, and cracked, or red on the 
edges and brown in the centre. Tenderness of the 
abdomen, aggravated by the least jar of the bed. 

Bry. Face red, burning, and swollen. * Lips dry, 
brownish, and cracked. Tongue coated with a thick, 
white or yellowish fur ; later brown and dry. Oppres- 
sive, stupefying headache, or pain as if the head would 
split, ivorse from the least motion. * Delirium day and 
night, with strange fancies, and desire to escape from 
bed and go home. Constant desire to sleep, with sud- 
den starting and strange dreams, or sleeplessness, with 
restless tossing about. * Dryness of the mouth with- 
out thirst, or else great thirst, drinking large quanti- 
ties at a time. * Cannot sit up from nausea and faint- 
ness. Great soreness in the pit of the stomach to 
touch. * Constipation, stools dry and hard, as if 
burnt. 

Calc. c. Especially adapted to persons of a scrofu- 
lous habit. Palpitation of the heart, with tremulous 
pulse, anxiety, and restlessness. Despairing mood, 
with fear of death, tormenting all around him. * As 
often as the patient falls asleep, the same disagreeabl 
feelings rouse him. Constant tickling under the ster 



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TYPHOID FEVER. 171 

num, causing a dry, hacking cough. After great anx- 
iety and worriment of mind. 

Carb. v. Mostly in the last stages of abdominal, 
and in all stages of putrid typhus. Face pale, sunken, 
hippocratic, cold. Eyes sunken, dull, without lustre, 
and insensible to light. Tongue dry, dark, and tremu- 
lous, or sometimes moist and sticky. Coma or sleep- 
lessness, with muttering delirium. * Complete torpor 
of all the vital functions. Colliquative diarrhoea, brown- 
ish, grayish, or bloody, of a cadaverous smell and in- 
voluntary. * Great prostration, wants more air and 
to be fanned all the time. Extremities cold, and covered 
with cold perspiration. 

Cocc. Deprivation of nervous strength, feeling 
weak and badly all over, but no place in particular. 
Slow to comprehend; he cannot find the right word to 
express himself. He talks in a muttering tone, re- 
quiring much effort to speak plainly. * Vertigo, espe- 
cially when rising up in bed, with nausea, compelling 
him to lie down again. * Head and face hot, while the 
extremities are cold. Ringing in the ears. 

Colch. Face sunken and hippocratic. Lips, teeth, 
and tongue covered with a thick brown coating. In- 
tellect beclouded, though he gives correct answers to 
questions. Region of the stomach extremely sensitive 
to pressure. Diarrhoea; stools whitish, watery, offen- 
sive, and passed insensibly, * Cold surface, tongue, 
and breath ; mottled skin and bluish nails. 

Hyos. Rrown-red, swollen face. Tongue red, brown, 
dry, and cracked. Lips look like scorched leather. 
Furious delirium, which continues ichile awake. Indistinct 
and muttering loquacity. * Muttering, with picking 
at the bed-clothes. Great restlessness, jumping out of 
bed, and endeavoring to escape. Eyes red and spark- 
ling, staring, rolling about in their orbits. * Twitch- 
ing and jerking of the limbs ; subsultus tendinum. * Pa- 
ralysis of sphincter ani and vesicae. 

Ign. Fever, with sudden flashes of heat. Pain in 
the front part of the head, which does not allow the 
patient to open the eyes. Choking sensation from the 
stomach to the throat, with oppression of the chest. 
* Sadness and sighing, with a weak, empty feeling at 



172 TYPHOID FEVER. 

the pit of the stomach. * Numbness of the feet, legs, 
and sometimes of the whole lower limbs. * The pa- 
tient is full of grief. 

Lach. Dry, red or black tongue, cracked at the 
tip and bleeding ; it trembles when being protruded. 
Lips dry, cracked, and bleeding. Vertigo when ris- 
ing up in bed. Stupor and muttering delirium. Depres- 
sion of the lower jaw. * Cannot bear anything to 
touch the throat, it is so sensitive. * Symptoms all 
worse after sleeping. Thinks he is dead, and that 
preparations are being made for the funeral. 

Lyco. Earthy, yellow complexion. Tongue dry, 
black, and cracked, or covered with tough mucus. 
Sopor and delirium. Prostration, and depression of 
the lower jaw. Slow breathing, with open mouth. 

* Circumscribed redness of the cheeks. He uses wrong 
words when expressing an idea. Fan-like motion of 
the alae nasi. * Bowels much distended, with rum- 
bling, particularly in the left hypochondria. * Con- 
stant sensation of fulness in the stomach, extending 
up to the throat. * Great fear of being left alone. 

* Bed, sand-like sediment in the urine. Indisposed to 
lie on the left side. He awakes from sleep very cross 
and irritable. Worse from 4 to 8 p. m. 

Merc. In the early stage. The patient does not 
complain of anything in particular, yet feels so weak 
and ill all over that he is obliged to go to bed. Tongue 
dirty-yellow, or clean, with a bitter, foul taste. Gums 
swollen and ulcerated, with offensive breath. Head- 
ache, especially in the forehead and on the vertex. 

* Begion of the stomach and liver very sensitive and 
painful. Dry, hot skin, or copious perspiration. Green- 
yellow stools, with tenesmus. Dark urine. * Symp- 
toms all worse at night and in rainy weather. 

Mur. ac. Advanced typhus ; the patient is stupid, 
unconscious, and extremely prostrate. * Constant slid- 
ing down in bed. * Low, muttering delirium, groan- 
ing in sleep, and picking at the bed-clothes. Inability 
to protrude the tongue, which is very dry. Depression 
of the lower jaw, boring the head into the pillow, turn- 
ing up the whites of the eyes, slavering. Involuntary 
stools and urine. 



TYPHOID FEVER. 173 

Nitric ac. Mostly in advanced stages of the dis- 
ease. Inclination to looseness of the bowels, with 
green, slimy, acrid stools, accompanied by severe pain. 

* Hemorrhage from the bowels, and great sensitive- 
ness of the abdomen. Extremely offensive urine. Ir- 
regular pulse, failing strength. 

Opi. Face swollen and of a purplish color. * Ex- 
treme drowsiness and coma, with stertorous breathing. 
Delirious talking, with eyes wide open. Pulse full 
and labored, or slow and feeble. Impending paralysis 
of the brain. Involuntary stools, and retention of 
urine. 

Phos. Typhoid pneumonia. When a large portion 
of the lungs is inflamed, with dyspnoea, a hard, dry, 
or loose cough, with rust-colored expectoration. Great 
depression of the mental faculties, mild delirium, and 
grasping at flocks. Dry lips and tongue, with thirst 
for very cold drinks. * Vomiting of what has been 
drunk as soon as it becomes warm in the stomach. 
Painless diarrhoea, discharges watery, greenish or 
black, decomposed blood. * Great sense of weakness 
and emptiness in the abdomen. 

Phos. ac. * Complete apathy and indifference. Does 
not wish to talk, and answers very slowly. Tongue dry 
and cracked ; teeth covered with sordes. Fixed look, 
with hollow, glassy eyes. Continual delirium or dull 
mutterings. Subsultus tendinum. * Great rumbling 
in the bowels, and painless, watery diarrhoea. Cold 
perspiration on the face, hands, and pit of the stomach. 
Pulse frequent, feeble, and intermittent. 

Puis. In the early stage, and where there is much 
gastric disturbance. Febrile heat, mingled with chil- 
liness, which comes on as soon as the patient is uncov- 
ered. * Thickly-coated tongue, with bad taste in the 
mouth in the morning. Taste as of putrid meat in the 
mouth, with inclination to vomit. Symptoms very change- 
able, feeling well one hour, and very miserable next. 

* Craves fresh, cool air, is worse in a warm room. 
Mild, tearful persons. Symptoms all worse towards 
evening. 

Rhus t. Prostrate and stupid. Face red and swollen, 
with blue circle around the eyes. Lips dry, brown- 
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174 TYPHOID FEVER. 

ish or black. Tongue dry, red and smooth. Mutter- 
ing delirium, or talking to himself. Stoppage of the 
ears and dulness of hearing. Dry, troublesome cough, 
with oppression of the chest. * Severe pains in the limbs, 
worse during rest. Diarrhoea, with profuse, watery, 
sanguineous, or jelly-like evacuations. * Involuntary 
stools, with great exhaustion. * Worse at night, par- 
ticularly after midnight. 

Strain. Loss of consciousness, with involuntary 
motions of the limbs and body. Earnest and ceaseless 
talking. Constant and repeated jerking of the head up 
from the pillow, and then letting it fall back again. 

* Loquacious delirium, with a desire to escape out of 
bed. Tongue yellowish-brown, and dry on the centre. 
Lips sore and cracked, and sordes on the teeth. * No 
desire for water, although the mouth is very dry. 

* Blackish diarrhoea, smelling like carrion. Loss of 
sight, hearing, and speech. Copious, involuntary dis- 
charge of urine. 

Sulph. In psoric individuals, and where well- 
chosen remedies do not have the desired effect. 

* Burning, hot distress on top of the head, with cold 
extremities. Dry and brownish tongue, with great 
thirst. Drowsiness in the daytime, with wakefulness 
at night. Dull of comprehension, with inability to 
collect his ideas. * Early morning diarrhoea; great 
prostration after stool. * Frequent weak, faint spells. 
Talks much in his sleep ; awakens with a start. 

Tarax. Tearing pains in the lower extremities, 
worse during rest. Constant muttering to himself. 
Violent, tearing pain in the occiput. * Great chilli- 
ness after taking anything to eat or drink. Map-like 
tongue. 

Tart. em. Typhoid pneumonia, with great rattling 
in the chest, and dyspnoea. * Loose cough, without 
expectoration. * There is apparent danger of suffoca- 
tion. Acute oedema of the lungs. 

Zinc. Entire loss of consciousness ; does not recog- 
nize his own relations. Delirium, with staring eyes 
and efforts to get out of bed. Position on the back, 
and sliding down in bed. Subsultus tendinum, grasp- 
ing at flocks, and feeling around as if in searching for 



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something. * Constant trembling of the hands, and 
coldness of the extremities. Small, intermittent pulse. 
* Impending paralysis of the brain. 



WORM AFFECTIONS. 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aeon. When there is much febrile disturbance. 
The region around the umbilicus is hard, and the whole 
abdomen distended. Frequent ineffectual straining 
at stool, or nothing but slime is passed. Itching of 
the anus, worse at night, with restlessness. * Much 
fear and anxiety, the child is even afraid to go to bed. 

Bell. Flushed face and red eyes. * Violent start- 
ing and jumping during sleep. Involuntary discharge 
of faeces and urine. Grating of the teeth, moaning, 
and uneasy sleep. 

Calc. c. Headache, dark rings around the eyes. 
Pale, bloated face, and distention of the abdomen. 
Pain around the navel. Itching of the anus, particu- 
larly in the evening. Scrofulous persons. 

China. If the patient has had much diarrhoea, or 
taken much aperient medicine. The child frequently 
passes worms, picks its nose much, and the belly is 
distended. Painless diarrhoea of undigested stools. 
Pain in the abdomen, worse at night, after eating. 

Cina. * Constant boring at the nose. Frequent 
swallowing, as if to get "something down. Restless 
sleep, with rolling of the eyes. Short, hacking cough, 
particularly at night. Abdomen hard and distended, 
with frequent pain in the umbilical region. * The 
urine turns milky after standing a short time. 

Lye. Earthy, yellow complexion, with blue circles 
around the eyes. Much flatulent distention in the 
stomach and bowels. Sensation as of something crawl- 
ing and moving in the abdomen. Ascarides, with much 
itching about the anus. *Red, sandy sediment in the 
urine. Constipation of hard stools. 



176 YELLOW FEVER. 

Merc. Ascarides, with troublesome itching of the 
anus; the worms crawl out, and can be seen on the 
perineum. Continual greediness for eating, yet grows 
weaker withal. Offensive breath. 

Santonine. Many practitioners prefer this prepa- 
ration to Cilia. The symptoms indicating its use are 
the same as enumerated under Cina. 

Spig. Sensation of a worm rising in the throat. 
Nausea every morning before breakfast, better after 
eating. Vomiting, with sour eructations from the 
stomach. Very pale face, and a yellow margin around 
the eyes. * Violent palpitation of the heart. 

Stann. Discharge of mucus from the bowels min- 
gled with ascarides. Soreness and smarting at the 
anus. * Frequent spells of pain in the abdomen, 
during which the child wishes to lean against some- 
thing hard for relief. 

Sulph. Frequent passage of lumbricoides, ascari- 
des, and taenia. Creeping and biting in the rectum. 
*Gets very hungry about 11 a. m. * Frequent weak, 
faint spells through the day. Rawness and excoria- 
tion of the anus much of the time. Pustular eruptions 
on the skin. 



YELLOW FEVER. 



Therapeutics. Special indications. 

Aeon. Mostly in the first stage, when there is 
burning heat and dry skin; full, hard, and rapid 
pulse. Agonized tossing about, violent thirst, red 
face, shortness of breath, and great nervous excita- 
bility. Delirium at night. * Headache as if every- 
thing would press out of the forehead, with vertigo on 
rising. Eyes injected and sensitive to light. Vomit- 
ing of mucus and bile. 

Arg. nit. Suitable in the second stage, when 
there is vomiting of a brownish mass, mixed with 
coffee-ground-like flakes. Dizziness and much confu- 
sion in the head. Time seems to pass very slowly. 
* Green, fetid stools, passing off with much flatulence. 



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Ars. Face yellowish or livid, with distorted fea- 
tures and death-like countenance. Nose pointed, eyes 
sunken and surrounded by dark margins. Dull, throb- 
biug or stunning pains in the head. Burning, or sharp 
and darting pain in the epigastrium, or in the region 
of the liver. Limbs feel stiff and useless. Frequent 
stools, with tenesmus, or painless and involuntary. 

* Violent vomiting immediately after eating or drink- 
ing, and of a brown and black substance. * Burning 
in the stomach, with great thirst, drinking little and 
often. Rapid prostration. * Extreme restlessness and 
fear of death. 

Bell. In the early stage. Glowing redness of the 
face, with red sparkling eyes or fixed look. Throb- 
bing headache, with visible pulsations of the carotids. 

* Furious delirium, wishes to strike, bite, or quarrel. 
Tongue coated white, yellowish, or brown. Painful 
heaviness and cramp-like pains in the back, loins, and 
legs. Cramp-like and contractive pains in the stom- 
ach. Vertigo, with vanishing of sight, stupefaction, 
and debility. Symptoms all worse 8 p. M. 

Bry. Mostly in the second stage. Headache as 
if it would split open, aggravated by motion, opening 
the eyes, or stooping. Eyes red, or dull and glassy, 
or sparkling and filled with tears. Tongue coated 
white or yellow, with dry, parched, and cracked lips. 

* Sitting up in bed causes nausea and faintness. Food 
is thrown up immediately after eating. * Patient 
wants to keep perfectly quiet. Exceedingly irritable. 
Everything tastes bitter. Stools hard and dry, as if 
burnt. 

Camph. Severe and long-lasting chill at the com- 
mencement. * Great coldness of the skin, yet cannot 
bear to be covered. Prostration. 

Canth. Complete insensibility, cramps in the 
ab lominal muscles and legs; suppression of urine. 
Hemorrhage from the stomach and intestines. Cold 
sweat on the hands and feet. * Constant desire to 
urinate. 

Carb. v. Last stage ; hemorrhages, with great 
paleness of the face, violent headache, great heavi- 
ness in the limbs and trembling of the body. *Pa- 



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3 time. 



tient wants more air, and to be fanned all the 

* Great foulness of all the secretions. 

Crotalus. Hemorrhages from the eyes, nose, 
mouth, stomach, and intestines. Tongue scarlet-red, 
or brown and swollen. Fetid diarrhoea. 

Ipec. First stage, when there is vertigo, chilliness, 
pain in the back and limbs ; uncomfortable feeling in 
the epigastrium. * Continual nausea, with vomiting 
of glairy mucus. 

Merc. Skin yellow, red, injected ; eyes sensitive 
to light. Paralysis of one or more limbs. Drowsy, or 
sleepless from nervous irritation. Dizziness, or vio- 
lent pain in the head. Violent vomiting of mucus and 
bilious matters. Burning pain and tenderness of the 
stomach. Diarrhoea, with discharges of mucus, bile, 
or blood, with tenesmus. * Much perspiration with- 
out relief. Great weakness of memory. Aggravation 
at night and in damp weather. 

Nux v. Yellow skin, pale or yellowish face, espe- 
cially around the nose and mouth. Eyes injected, yel- 
low, and watery, with dark rings around the same. 
Tongue slimy, or dry, cracked, and red on the edges. 
Burning pains in the stomach ; pressure or cramp- 
like pains in the epigastrium. Vomiting of acid, bil- 
ious, or mucous matters. Burning pains at the neck 
of the bladder, with difficulty in urinating. Coldness, 
paralysis, and cramps in the legs. *Very irritable, 
and wishes to be alone. Persons of intemperate habits. 
Aggravation in the morning. 

* Rhus t. Dirty-yellow color of the body. Eyes 
glazed and sunken. Tongue and lips dry and brown- 
ish. Loquacious delirium, or coma with stertorous 
breathing. Constant moaning and shifting about. 
Distressing pain and burning in the stomach. * Great 
weakness of the lower extremities, can hardly draw 
them up. Difficult and painful deglutition. * Worse 
at night, particularly after midnight. 

Sulph. Face pale or yellowish. Tongue dry, 
rough, and reddish, with white or brownish, bloody 
or purulent saliva. Itching and burning pain in the 
eyes. Vomiting of bilious, acid, bloody, or blackish 
matters. * Burning on top of the head. * Frequent 
weak, faint spells. Trembling and weakness. 



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Tart. Nausea or vomiting, with a sense of sinking 
at the stomach, as if he could not survive a moment. 
General prostration of the whole system. Profuse 
cold sweat, rapid and weak pulse. Drowsiness, and 
disposition to go to stool. 

Verat. a. Yellowish or bluish face, cold, and cov- 
ered with cold perspiration. Lips and tongue dry, 
brown, and cracked. Trembling and cramps of the 
feet, hands, and legs. * Violent vomiting of green or 
black bile, with great weakness after. Diarrhoea, 
stools thin, blackish, or yellow. Intense thirst for cold 
drinks. Excessive weakness. Pulse almost impercep- 
tible. * Cramps of the limbs, with oold sweat. 



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